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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: The guarantee fund for policyholders against the failure of life and health insurance companies.

Article L423-1

Undertakings authorised in France and subject to State supervision pursuant to article L. 310-1, with the exception of those authorised for the operations referred to in 3° of the same article, as wel…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to UCITS, debt securitisation funds and property investment funds

Article L231-4

I. - Directors of the management company of a fonds commun de placement, a fonds de placement immobilier, a fonds professionnel de placement immobilier, a fonds de financement spécialisé or a fonds co…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Book V: Insurance distributors

Article L500

…urposes of this Book, the words "insurance undertaking" refer to the undertakings mentioned in Article L. 310-2 of this Code, mutual insurers or associations governed by Book II of the Mutual Code, pr…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-1-1-2

I.-The undertakings referred to in 1° of Article L. 310-1 and those referred to in 1° of III of Article L. 310-1-1 which reinsure the commitments referred to in 1° of Article L. 310-1 are subject to t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Social dialogue.

Article L3

Each year, the Government's policy guidelines in the areas of individual and collective labour relations, employment and vocational training, as well as the timetable envisaged for their implementatio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Prohibitions

Article L511-6

Without prejudice to the specific provisions applicable to them, the prohibitions defined in Article L. 511-5 do not apply to the institutions and services listed in Article L. 518-1, nor to undertaki…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition and management

Article L224-3

Payments into a retirement savings plan that has given rise to the opening of a securities account are allocated to the acquisition of financial securities offering sufficient protection for the savin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Activities, holidays.

Article L850

For the purposes of this provision, sick leave and the leave referred to in articles L. 880 and L. 881 are considered as service completed. The administration retains complete freedom to stagger leave…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L775-6

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Special provisions for certain transfers

Article L1614-8-1

As from 1 January 2002, the costs transferred to the regions as a result of the transfer of powers provided for in Article 21-1 of the loi n° 82-1153 du 30 décembre 1982 d'orientation des transports i…

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