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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution.

Article R*322-48

No special benefits may be stipulated for founders in the draft Articles of Association.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution.

Article R*322-46

The companies referred to in this section may be formed either by a public deed or by a private deed drawn up in duplicate, irrespective of the number of signatories to the deed.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Governance system

Article R354-3-4

Internal risk and solvency assessment is an integral part of the business strategy of insurance and reinsurance companies. These undertakings systematically take it into account in their strategic dec…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R*441-3

Any person who, even as an intermediary, offers to subscribe to contracts or agreements that contravene the provisions of this chapter, or arranges for such contracts or agreements to be subscribed, w…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article R613-44-3

Where several opposition applications relate to the same patent, the Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle shall order that they be joined, subject to their admissibil…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article R613-45-3

When a limitation procedure is closed pursuant to the fifth paragraph of Article L. 613-24, the Institute shall refund the limitation request fee. The decision to close the limitation procedure is not…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: CONSUMER INFORMATION

Article R111-4-3

Manufacturers and importers of multifunction mobile telephones shall ensure: 1° From the date on which the first unit of a model is placed on the national market, the availability of the following spa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Responsibilities

Article L4433-3-4

Overseas regional councils are consulted on plans to award or renew port and airport concessions concerning these regions.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Common provisions

Article L5211-4-3

In order to pool resources, a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax status may acquire assets that it shares with its member communes in accordance with the terms and c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the treatment of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms in difficulty

Article L613-31-4

The opening of compulsory liquidation proceedings against a credit institution, investment firm or finance company entails, depending on the case, the filing of an application for withdrawal of author…

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