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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Procedural provisions and respect for the rights of policyholders and creditors

Article R311-17

Measures taken by the resolution board pursuant to Articles L. 311-29 to L. 311-48 may be relied on against third parties without further formality, as soon as they are published on the website of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R613-40

Measures taken by the collège de résolution pursuant to Articles L. 613-48 to L. 613-62-2 may be relied on against third parties without further formality as soon as they are published on the website…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Applicable certification procedure and technical design and construction rules applicable to second-hand work equipment referred to in 1°, 3°, 4° and 5° of Article R. 233-83 and to second-hand safety components referred to in Article R. 233-83-2

Article R233-89-1-1

…applicable to them respectively by virtue of amended decrees no. 47-1592 of 23 August 1947, no. 65-48 of 8 January 1965, no. 86-594 of 14 March 1986, no. 89-78 of 7 February 1989, the amended decree…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Forward financial instruments of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-49

…To sell an option previously acquired within the framework defined by Articles R. 332-45 to R. 332-48; b) Sell an option when the insurance undertaking simultaneously purchases a similar option, with…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Appeals

Article D46

…e hearing, he or she shall issue the order for execution of this warrant provided for in article D. 48-2-5. If this is not the case, he may refer the matter to the public prosecutor of the judicial co…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article R612-17-1

Without prejudice to the provisions of articles L. 612-4, R. 612-19 and R. 612-48, a patent application may only contain more than one independent claim of the same category (product, process, device…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Resolution of groups for which the collège de résolution is an individual resolution authority

Article L613-61

…f another Member State reduces or converts own funds instruments referred to in I of Article L. 613-48 or implements one or more resolution measures, the resolution college shall provide all the coope…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter: Common provisions

Article L621-6

…tion of article L. 412-3 in Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin, the words: "in article 19 of law no. 48-1360 of 1st September 1948 amending and codifying the legislation relating to relations between l…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Delivery of training courses

Article D6353-1

…6316-1 or by a body authorised to collect the financing contribution mentioned in articles L. 6331-48 and L. 6331-54, the agreement provided for in article L. 6353-1 must include: 1° The title, objec…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Organisation and operation

Article R6123-3-15

…e fifth paragraph of article L. 6123-3, the deadline mentioned in the first paragraph is reduced to 48 hours. The Bureau is deemed to have taken a decision on expiry of the period referred to in the p…

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