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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Investor guarantees

Article L322-5

…s referred to in Article L. 532-9, which provide the investment services referred to in Article L. 321-1 or register the units or shares of the undertakings for collective investment they manage in re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R5122-1

…ly with the information given in the summary of product characteristics referred to in article R. 5121-21 and with the therapeutic strategies recommended by the Haute Autorité de santé referred to in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nomination and election of members

Article R7111-24

…event of disagreement between the organisations mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 7111-21, the seat in dispute is filled by order of the Minister responsible for communication. These repr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XLIX: Tax credit for low-income housing associations investing in new housing in overseas France

Article 244 quater X

…condition does not apply to housing benefiting from the subsidised loans defined in article D. 372-21 of the French Construction and Housing Code. However, in order to qualify for the tax credit, the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Federal performance projects

Article R221-19

…oncerned, by an association affiliated to it, or by a legal entity governed by public law. They are mainly made up of structures or groups of structures called "pôles France" or "pôles Espoirs" that m…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution.

Article R322-44

…formation fund of at least :-400,000 euros for the operations referred to in Articles 10 to 15, 20, 21, 22, 24 and 25 of Article R. 321-1 and for reinsurance operations;-240,000 for operations in clas…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-7-5

…reement on a uniform proportional basis apply articles R. 441-7 to R. 441-7-3, R. 441-12 and R. 441-21. For the purposes of these articles, the following definitions apply: "the treaty" where "the agr…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Fonds de compensation des risques de l'assurance de la construction.

Article R431-59

…raph of article 1 of decree no. 62-235 of 1 March 1962 amended by article 1 of decree no. 76-879 of 21 September 1976, and for the departments of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle, in article 3 of decre…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VIII: TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

Article LO6380-1

…t election of the territorial council following the promulgation of the organic law no. 2007-223 of 21 February 2007 on statutory and institutional provisions relating to overseas France.All of the ac…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Expenditure

Article L71-113-1

…the department of French Guyana during the year preceding the publication of the loi n° 2007-224 du 21 février 2007 portant dispositions statutaires et institutionnelles relatives à l'outre-mer.

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