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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Retirement savings plans giving rise to membership of a group insurance contract

Article L142-4

By way of derogation from the provisions of the Commercial Code relating to parent company financial statements, insurance undertakings shall set up a subsidiary accounting system for the commitments…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Declaration and approval of organisations

Article L7232-4

Notwithstanding article…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Duration of protection

Article L123-4

For posthumous works, the duration of the exclusive right is that set out in article L. 123-1. For posthumous works disclosed after the expiry of this period, the term of the exclusive right is twenty…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Insurance against hail and livestock mortality.

Article L123-4

In the case of livestock mortality insurance, if the insurance is suspended for non-payment of the premium in accordance with the conditions set out in article L. 113-3, it shall resume at the latest…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Prerogatives and means of intervention

Article L412-4

As part of the search for breaches falling under 1° of Article…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Detection of breaches and offences

Article L414-4

The agents mentioned in article…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Interest rates

Article L341-49

Failure to comply with the provisions of article L. 314-5 is punishable by a fine of 150,000 euros. As additional penalties, guilty natural persons are also liable to a ban, in accordance with the ter…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Conformity

Article L451-4

The violation of the prohibitions set out in article L. 413-2 is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros if the adulterated or corrupted food substance is harmful to human or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisational rules.

Article L4142-4

The disciplinary chamber of first instance for dental surgeons is composed of eight full members and eight alternate members elected in equal numbers by the regional council to which the chamber is at…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Groupements de coopération sanitaire.

Article L6133-4

The agreement establishing the Groupement de Coopération Sanitaire de Moyennes defines its purpose. It specifies the distribution of the statutory rights of its members, in proportion to their contrib…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
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