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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 5: Amendments to the Articles of Association

Article L5842-6

…the adaptations provided for from II to V. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS IN THE VERSION RESULTING FROM L. 5211-16 law no. 99-586 of 12 July 1999 L. 5211-17 (with the exception of the third and sixth paragrap…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons authorised to canvass.

Article D341-2

…ly or permanently from exercising an activity or service, pursuant to the provisions of article L. 621-15 or pursuant to a sanction imposed before 24 November 2003 by the Commission des Opérations de…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Preparations for the ballot

Article A713-9

I.-Where the 3rd paragraph of Article R. 713-21 is applied, the candidates or their proxies shall submit, no later than twenty-one days before the last day of the ballot, to the secretariat of the ele…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title II: RULES FOR THE FORMATION AND PERFORMANCE OF CERTAIN CONTRACTS

Article R221-2

En application des 4°, 5° et 6° de l'article L. 221-5, the trader shall provide the consumer with the following information: 1° His name or business name, the geographical address where the trader is…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Administrative provisions

Article R4462-36

…arances ; 6° Article R. 4462-20-Distance of workstations from exits or shelters; 7° Article R. 4462-21-Reachability by one or more external staircases or by equivalent devices of buildings where pyrot…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Internal model

Article R352-19

…e specified in Articles 228 to 237 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Solidarity fund for municipalities in the Ile-de-France region

Article L2531-13

…ities that have benefited from these provisions is subject to a reduction of 50% in 2013 and 25% in 2014;e) The levy due by municipalities in the Ile-de-France region ranked among the top one hundred…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information, commercial practices, contracts and credit

Article L511-7

…powered to investigate and record infringements or breaches of the provisions: 1° Regulation (EU) 2021/782 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2021 on rail passengers' rights and…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 2: Minimum capital requirement

Article R352-29

…pt where all or some of the risks mentioned in one of the classes listed in 10 to 15 of Article R. 321-1 are covered, in which case it may not be lower than the threshold referred to in point ii; ii)…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title III: Payment systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments

Article L330-1

…ities depositories authorised or recognised pursuant to Articles 16 or 25 of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on improving securities settlemen…

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