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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Disciplinary procedure

Article L612-38

…ntral Bank in accordance with the provisions of Article 18(5) of Council Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 of 15 October 2013, the supervisory board shall initiate sanction proceedings against an instituti…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Technical provisions for life assurance, marriage and natality insurance and capitalisation operations

Article R343-3

…are not payable immediately after the winding-up of the financial year in which they were generated;3° Capitalisation reserve: reserve intended to cover the depreciation of assets included in the comp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Role of blood transfusion establishments.

Article R1221-39

…ity of the person in charge:1° Collecting and keeping the information mentioned in articles R. 1221-36 to R. 1221-38 , ensuring its quality and reliability;2° Reporting, under the conditions and in ac…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 quaterdecies

…rt corresponding to the difference between the discounting of the sum of the capital and interest remaining due at the date of repurchase, discounted at a rate equal to the constant maturity rate whos…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 quinquies

Non-repayable assistance provided to sociétés d'habitations à loyer modéré, sociétés de crédit immobilier and companies or bodies whose purpose is the construction of residential buildings and whose l…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Refusal to issue or renew residence permits

Article L432-3

A resident card may not be issued to the spouses of a foreign national living in France in a state of polygamy. The same applies to any foreigner convicted of committing the offence of violence leadin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Closure of debates and reading of questions

Article 351-1

The chairman may not ask one or more of the questions provided for in Articles 350 or 351 only if he has previously informed the parties of this during the debates and at the latest before the closing…

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

Article L351-3

…visions of insurance and reinsurance undertakings does not comply with the provisions of Article L. 351-1, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may require such undertakings to increas…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 1: Securities admitted to trading on a regulated market or a multilateral trading facility

Article R233-3

…tor. If the proceeds of the sale are sufficient to pay the creditor(s), the unavailability of the remaining seized securities ceases.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: National guarantee fund for agricultural disasters.

Article R431-36

The costs incurred by the Caisse Centrale de Réassurance in managing the Fonds National de Garantie des Calamités Agricoles (National Guarantee Fund for Agricultural Disasters) are reimbursed to the C…

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