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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the different types of pledge

Article D211-12

…pledgor, the pledge of the pledged account or securities provided for in IV and V of article L. 211-20 is realised: 1° For sums in any currency, directly by transfer of full ownership to the pledgee;…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of good conduct and organisation

Article R548-4

…adio advertisements, their name and corporate name, the address of their registered office, their e-mail address, their registration number in the register referred to in Article L. 512-1 of the Insur…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Exercise of control

Article R784-6

…le:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 612-22, R. 612-24 and R. 612-25No. 2010-217 of 3 March 2010R. 612-26No. 2011-769 of 28 June 2011R. 612-27n° 2014-1315 of 3 November 201…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: List of diseases

Article D3113-8

…16. Leptospirosis; 17. Listeriosis; 18. Orthopox viruses, including smallpox; 19. Native malaria; 20. Imported malaria in overseas departments; 21. Plague; 22. Poliomyelitis; 23. Rabies; 24. Measles…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Social security.

Article D3123-23-1

…etermine the amount of official allowances to be awarded to them in accordance with article L. 3123-20-1. In the event of an overpayment, the department will proceed to recover the undue amount from t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Social security.

Article D4135-23-1

…etermine the amount of official allowances to be awarded to them in accordance with article L. 4135-20-1.In the event of overpayment, the region shall recover the undue amount from the date on which t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Single section: Shareholdings in commercial companies other than those referred to in 8° of Article L. 4211-1

Article R4211-7

…to the Commission des participations et des transferts provided for in Article 25 of Ordinance no. 2014-948 of 20 August 2014 relating to the governance and capital transactions of companies with pub…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article R6152-537

…known as the consolidation phase of the third cycle of medical studies mentioned in article R. 632-20 of the Education Code, once validated, is counted as one year towards obtaining the title of form…

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

Article R351-5

…must comply with the specifications referred to in Articles 4 to 6 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014. II.-For the application of 2° of I, the fundamental margin is: 1° Equal…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Standard formula

Article R352-12

…ch: a) Carry on the occupational retirement provision business referred to inArticle 7 of Order no. 2006-344 of 23 March 2006; b) Or are authorised by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolut…

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