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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title II: Information to be provided by distributors and rules of conduct

Article A522-1

…unit of account over the last financial year, gross of management fees, expressed as a percentage ;ii) The management fees deducted from the assets representing the unit over the last financial year,…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Book IV: Organisations and special insurance schemes

Article R451-3

The file referred to in II of article L. 451-1-1 is compiled by the information body referred to in article L. 451-1, based on the daily cross-referencing of information from the file provided for in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: The investigating judge: court of first instance

Article D40-1-2

When the public prosecutor's final indictment sent to the examining magistrate pursuant to II of Article 175 has not been copied to the parties' lawyers, the examining magistrate's clerk or the joint…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Work in a hyperbaric environment

Article D4153-23

…hyperbaric environments, other than those falling within class 0, as defined in article R. 4461-1. II -The prohibition mentioned in I may be waived for work in a hyperbaric environment under the cond…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Fate of preserved gametes and germ tissue

Article R2141-23

…o articles L. 2141-11 and L. 2141-12, are donated, the provisions of Chapter IV of Title IV of Book II of Part One of the Code and the health safety rules relating to gametes for donation apply.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Responsibilities

Article L2316-2

…as in matters of health, safety and working conditions, particularly in the cases defined in 4° of II of article L. 2312-8.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange

Article L511-9

I. - The endorsement transmits all the rights resulting from the bill of exchange. II. - If the endorsement is in blank, the bearer may: 1° Fill in the blank, either with his name or with the name of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Reporting obligations relating to certain occupational risk factors

Article L4163-3

…s obligation to ensure the safety and protect the physical and mental health of workers under Title II of this book.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Guarantee fund for damage resulting from preventive, diagnostic or therapeutic acts performed by health professionals

Article L426-1

…um equal to the amount of the excess that may have been provided for in the said insurance contract.II - The fund is also responsible for compensating the beneficiaries of contracts taken out by self-…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions relating to decisions taken by professional leagues

Article R132-18

Pursuant to II of article 21 of the law of 12 April 2000 and by way of exception to the application of the two-month period provided for in the first paragraph of I of this article, the period on expi…

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