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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Own funds

Article R351-25

…ons are applied for the purposes of this section:1° The surplus funds referred to in Article R. 351-21 are classified in level 1 ;2° Letters of credit and guarantees held in trust by an independent tr…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Search and recording

Article R541-2

…2-17, the references: "R. 512-18 to R. 512-24" are replaced by the references: "R. 512-18 to R. 512-21 and R. 512-23"; 3° In Article R. 512-30, the words: "to the provisions set out in Articles L. 121…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 7: Provisions relating to the implementation of other resolution measures

Article L613-56-3

…10 of Section C of Annex I to Directive 2004/39/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on markets in financial instruments amending Council Directives 85/611/EEC and 93/6/EE…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: General authorisation conditions

Article L5125-3

…ment; b) In the priority neighbourhoods for urban policy defined inarticle 5 of law no. 2014-173 of 21 February 2014 on programming for the city and urban cohesion; c) In the rural revitalisation zone…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Qualifications required.

Article R321-18

Subject to the provisions of Article R. 321-65, no person may conduct voluntary sales of furniture by public auction unless he meets the following conditions: 1° Be French or a national of a State oth…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Rules applicable to financial contracts, temporary acquisitions and sales of financial instruments and guarantees

Article R214-18

…riteria:1° They are carried out with a person mentioned in the second paragraph of II of Article R. 214-19 ; 2° They are governed by a master agreement referred to in articles L. 211-36 and L. 211-36-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Fonds commun de placement à risques.

Article R214-36

I. - The provisions of articles R. 214-32-18 to R. 214-32-21, R. 214-32-29, R. 214-32-32 to R. 214-32-36, R. 214-32-38 to R. 214-32-40 and R. 214-32-42 do not apply to risk mutual funds. II. - The ass…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Article L8243-1

…order confiscation under the conditions and in accordance with the procedures set out inarticle 131-21 of the Criminal Code. The court may also order a ban on subcontracting labour for a period of bet…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Occupational health

Article R1262-9

…ocial and medico-social establishments, the provisions of articles R. 4623-1 to R. 4626-19, R. 4626-21, R. 4626-25 to D. 4626-32 are applicable. In the agricultural professions, the provisions of arti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Banking Inclusion Observatory, funds repayable from the public and dormant accounts

Article R754-3

…92 of 28 August 2015R. 312-20 with the exception of a) of 1° of IVn° 2023-631 of 20 July 2023R. 312-21 and R. 312-22, with the exception of the penultimate paragraph of its In° 2015-1092 of 28 August…

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