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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The Chairman of the Board of Directors

Article R6123-12

I.-The Chairman of the Board of Directors is appointed for three years, in accordance with the conditions set out in article L. 6123-7.II - The Chairman of the Board of Directors :1° Chairs the discus…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2141-12

I.-A person of full age who meets the age conditions set by a decree of the Conseil d'Etat, issued after consultation with the Agence de la biomédecine, may benefit from the collection, retrieval and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Quarantine, placement and isolation measures

Article L3131-12

I.- Measures aimed at quarantining people likely to be affected may only apply to people who, having stayed in an area where the infection is circulating during the previous month, enter French territ…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article R113-12

I.-For the contracts referred to in article R. 113-11, where the conditions for cancellation provided for in article L. 113-15-2 are met, the insurer shall apply the provisions of that article:1° When…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Evaluation, accreditation and analysis of hospital activity.

Article L6113-12

Each year, on a proposal from the public entity mentioned in the last paragraph of article L. 6113-11 and after consulting the national organisations most representative of health care organisations,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article D3312-12

A. - The report provided for in Article L. 3312-1 includes the following information: 1° The budgetary guidelines envisaged by the department relating to projected changes in expenditure and revenue,…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L113-12

The duration of the contract and the conditions of cancellation, in particular the right of the insurer and the insured to cancel the contract every year, are set out in the policy. However, the insur…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Governance of the plan

Article R144-12

The dissolution of the association or its cessation of activity as a popular retirement savings group in respect of a plan subscribed by it is pronounced by the general meeting of the association conv…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R322-120

The bodies referred to in Article L. 771-1 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code are subject to the following requirements: 1° Their object must be either exclusively insurance or exclusively…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Closure of judicial liquidation proceedings

Article L643-12

The closure of the judicial liquidation or the proceedings provided for in article L. 645-1 suspends the effects of the cheque-writing ban to which the debtor is subject under article 65-3 of the decr…

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