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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R355-1

…s and solvency, by the Board of Directors or the Supervisory Board. The statements submitted periodically to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, other than those defined in the prece…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Single chapter: Treatment of over-indebtedness

Article L771-3

For the application of Article L. 771-2: 1° Shall not apply: a) The last paragraph of Article L. 711-3 ; b) The 3rd and last paragraphs of article L. 711-4 ; c) The second paragraph of Article L. 732-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Recording of offences.

Article L6363-1

The labour inspectors referred to in article L. 8112-1, together with the vocational training inspectors and category A civil servants placed under the authority of the Minister responsible for vocati…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Sociétés civiles de placement immobilier (non-trading property investment companies), sociétés d'épargne forestière (forestry savings companies) and groupements forestiers d'investissement (forestry investment groups)

Article R214-170

…e appointed by the management company for five years under the conditions set out in article L. 214-24-16, after their candidacy has been accepted by the ordinary general meeting of shareholders. For…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Expertise procedure

Article R1142-63-10

…nion is requested by the president of the college of experts, the expert or experts responsible for carrying it out are chosen, on the basis of their competence in the field or fields concerned, from…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: National Fire and Rescue Services Conference

Article R 1424-61

…épartements to the boards of directors of the fire and rescue services provided for in article L. 1424-24-2. This general renewal takes place no later than two months after the deadline set for these…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: ACCOUNTING

Article R2342-4

…fficer as regards public establishments.Enforcement measures for the recovery of these products are carried out in the same way as for direct taxation.However, the authorising officer authorises these…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article R612-25

No person may carry out an inspection if he has been convicted of any of the offences referred to in II of Article L. 500-1 of this Code.Before entrusting an assignment to one of the persons mentioned…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Identification of accounts and treatment of over-indebtedness

Article R721-22

In New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, credit institutions, the Office des postes et télécommunications de Nouvelle-Calédonie and the Office des postes et télécommunicat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Operation and wholesale distribution of veterinary medicinal products.

Article R5142-51

…l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail the territory in which each of its establishments carries out its wholesale distribution activity. This declaration is made when the establishment ope…

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