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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles.

Article R341-4

Unless an exception is authorised by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel pursuant to article L. 341-4, the financial year begins on 1 January and ends on 31 December of each year. By way of exception,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Discipline.

Article R321-45

…Commissioner is the addressee of complaints concerning the persons mentioned in I and II of article L. 321-4 as well as articles L. 321-24 and L. 321-28-1 and the persons authorised to direct sales. T…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2

Article R421-42

…urcharge of 50% introduced for the benefit of the guarantee fund by the second paragraph of article L. 421-8 of the Insurance Code. Receipts from this surcharge are paid quarterly to the guarantee fun…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: CONSUMER INFORMATION

Article D111-4

Under the provisions of the first paragraph of Article L. 111-4, the information provided by the manufacturer or importer of movable property to the professional seller, relating to the period during…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article R625-4

…aire or the commissaire à l'exécution du plan shall return to the institutions mentioned in article L. 143-11-4 of the Code du travail the sums advanced by them that have not been collected by the emp…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: GENERAL PRINCIPLES

Article R1412-4

The public cultural cooperation establishments created pursuant to article L. 1412-3 are subject to the provisions of the chapitre unique du titre III du livre IV de la première partie, with the excep…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Permanence of care in health care institutions

Article R6111-43

…care assignment; 2° The obligations linked to its exercise, in particular those defined in article L. 6111-1-4; 3° The needs of the population defined by the regional health plan to which the candida…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article R3262-46

Failure to comply with the first and third paragraphs of article L. 3262-2, article L. 3262-3 and the second paragraph of article L. 3262-5 is punishable by a fourth-class fine. The same applies to in…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Competitive dialogue

Article R2324-4

…rd of a defence or security contract, use the competitive dialogue procedure referred to in article L. 2124-4, when at least one of the following conditions is met: 1° The purchaser is objectively una…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R445-4

The Council of Ministers of French Polynesia shall deliver the opinion provided for in Article L. 445-4 within one month of the date on which the matter is referred to it by the High Commissioner of t…

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