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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-2

…lities to be taken into account is defined in Article 17 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014. The boundaries of these contracts are defined in Article 18 of the same…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Professional private equity funds

Article L214-160

…this sub-paragraph. II. - Professional investment funds may hold debt securities up to a maximum of 10% of their assets. Professional private equity funds may grant loans to companies, under the condi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: General conditions of employment, recruitment and grading

Article R113-5

Posts to be filled in categories 1 "head of department", 1 and 2 are also open to contract employees of the establishment who hold one of the qualifications or diplomas required in article R. 113-4 fo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX: Special schemes

Article 298 decies

I. - The deduction rights of businesses that publish the publications designated in article 298 septies are determined under the same conditions as for companies that become liable for this tax, takin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Clearance sales, unpacking sales, sales on sale and factory outlet sales.

Article R310-3

…s of receipt of the notification of the missing documents, the declaration mentioned in Article R. 310-2 may not be the subject of a declaration receipt. In the event of the occurrence of the unforese…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Conformity

Article L451-2

Violation of the prohibitions set out in article L. 413-1 is punishable by seven years' imprisonment and a fine of 750,000 euros: 1° If the falsified or corrupted substance is harmful to human or anim…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Regulatory part

Article Annexe 1

ANNEX 1 MENTIONED IN ARTICLE D. 110-1LIST OF BILATERAL AGREEMENTS AND CONVENTIONS DEFINING THE CONDITIONS OF ENTRY AND RESIDENCE ON FRENCH TERRITORY FOR NATIONALS OF THE STATES WITH WHICH THEY HAVE BE…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Offences relating to cheques and other non-cash money instruments

Article L163-4

It is punishable by seven years' imprisonment and a fine of 750,000 euros for any person to manufacture, acquire, hold, transfer, offer or make available equipment, instruments, computer programmes or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medically assisted procreation.

Article L2162-2

…5 and L. 2141-6 of the Public Health Code is punishable by seven years' imprisonment and a fine of €100,000. "

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Research on the human embryo, human embryonic stem cells and human induced pluripotent stem cells

Article L2163-5

…of human embryos for therapeutic purposes is punishable by seven years' imprisonment and a fine of 100,000 Euros.

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