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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article L224-28

…dividual retirement savings plan must be able to receive the payments mentioned in 1° of article L. 224-2. Payments are made in cash. The provisions of the second paragraph of article L. 224-20 apply…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions common to consumer credit and home loans

Article L314-21

…age, in connection with credit transactions governed by this Title, with the exception of Sections 2, 6 and 8 of Chapter III and Sections 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 of this Chapter and Section 2 of Chapter I o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-21

The contract specifies the methods for calculating the surrender value or transfer value and, where applicable, the reduction value. For the calculation of the reduction value, no reduction allowance…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to sub-contracts

Article R2393-2

…re not considered to be sub-contractors: 1° Members of the same grouping in relation to each other; 2° Economic operators over whom the contract holder exercises, directly or indirectly, a dominant in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: NAME AND TERRITORY OF THE TOWN

Article L2114-2

…shments, between the State and the attached commune or communes. The decree mentioned in article L. 2114-1, taken in the light of these proposals, determines in particular the conditions of attributio…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Acquisition of rights

Article R512-2

…ons of extension, must belong to one of the categories of representatives mentioned in Articles L. 422-4 and L. 422-5. Persons who do not have their domicile or registered office in a Member State of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Categories of revenue

Article L3332-2

…the operating section consists in particular of:1° Income and proceeds from departmental properties;2° Proceeds from copies of old documents or deeds deposited in the archives;3° Proceeds from tolls o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the treatment of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms in difficulty

Article L613-26

…liates are also in suspension of payments.By way of derogation from the provisions of articles L. 632-1 and L. 632-2 of the French Commercial Code, acts performed by the central body from the date of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Role of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé.

Article R1221-25

…receive the following documents and information: 1° Under the conditions laid down in articles R. 1221-50 and R. 1221-51, reports of serious incidents, serious adverse reactions in blood donors and a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Accreditation of the quality of professional practice

Article D4135-2

…tensive care or one of the following specialities may apply for accreditation: 1° General surgery ; 2° Neurosurgery ; 3° Urological surgery ; 4° Orthopaedic surgery and traumatology ; 5° Pediatric sur…

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