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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Insurance against natural disasters.

Article L125-2

…r receipt of the estimate sent by the insured in the absence of an expert report, or receipt of the final expert report. From receipt of the policyholder's agreement to the proposed compensation, the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Health products for human use

Article L1453-1

…uired to make public, on a single public website, the precise purpose, date, direct beneficiary and final beneficiary, and the amount of the agreements they enter into with:1° Health professionals cov…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 200 quater C

…it determined in application of the provisions of 5 of this article on the basis of the expenditure finally borne by the taxpayer. However, no write-back is made when the reimbursement follows a claim…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: Requirements for capitalisation contracts and certain life insurance contracts

Article A522-1

…a percentage;iv) The recurring charges deducted from the contract, expressed as a percentage;v) The final performance of the investment over the last financial year, net of the management fees and rec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Definitions

Article R5211-4

For the purposes of this Title, the following definitions shall apply 1° Intended use means the use for which a medical device is intended according to the information provided by the manufacturer in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Recognition of judicial review decisions

Article 696-73

…vision is based on offences for which the person placed under judicial supervision has already been finally judged by the French courts or by the courts of a State of the European Union other than the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXa: Directory of personal data collected in the context of legal proceedings

Article 706-56-2

…ses where this decision is based on the first paragraph of Article 122-1 of the Criminal Code, or a final decision to dismiss, discharge or acquit, the data concerning the person prosecuted shall be d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Introduction of profit-sharing.

Article L3312-5

…statement of disagreement is drawn up, setting out the respective proposals of the parties in their final form. The Social and Economic Committee is consulted on the draft profit-sharing scheme at lea…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction and referral to the criminal court

Article D45-2-1

…ordered by the court, the person is informed by any means of this decision and, when it has become final, he or she may request the return of this property pursuant to article 710. The provisions of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: The Assize Court

Article D45-1-4

…confiscation of the property is ordered by the Assize Court, the person may, when this decision is final, request its return pursuant to Article 710. The provisions of this article do not apply to th…

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