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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Common provisions.

Article L322-1-2

…The term "sociétés de groupe d'assurance" refers to parent undertakings within the meaning of Article L. 356-1 which are not mixed financial holding companies within the meaning of Article L. 517-4 o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Comité régional de l'emploi, de la formation et de l'orientation professionnelles (Regional Committee for Employment, Vocational Training and Guidance)

Article L6123-4

The President of the Regional Council and the representative of the State in the region or, in Corsica, the President of the Executive Council and the representative of the State in the local authorit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article L1133-4-1

…party, or the identification of a person by his or her genetic fingerprints, outside the conditions laid down by law, shall be liable to the penalty provided for in Article 226-28-1 of the Criminal Co…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: PENALTIES

Article L452-5

The failure of an operator to implement the withdrawal or recall procedures provided for in Articles 19 or 20 of Regulation No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Cultural identity: powers of the territorial collectivity of Corsica in terms of education and culture

Article L4424-1

The territorial collectivity of Corsica establishes and transmits to the State representative, after consultation with the economic, social, environmental and cultural council of Corsica and taking in…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for initiating resolution proceedings

Article L311-18

I.-The supervisory board and the members mentioned in 1° and 2° of I of Article L. 612-8-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code may refer the situation of a person mentioned in Article L. 311-1 to the r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L733-3

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table, shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L734-3

I.- Are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptation provisions provided for in II and III, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table belo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Expenditure chargeable to the balance of the apprenticeship tax

Article L6241-5

The following are authorised to collect the balance of the apprenticeship tax in respect of the expenditure mentioned in 1° of Article L. 6241-4:1° Public secondary schools ;2° Private secondary educa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L1235-3

If an employee is dismissed for a reason that is not genuine and serious, the judge may propose that the employee be reinstated in the company, while retaining his or her acquired benefits. If either…

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