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Showing 141150 of 14253 articles for Art. CE 27-7-2012 n° 337656

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-27

I.-In the event of non-compliance with the Solvency Capital Requirement of a subsidiary referred to in Article R. 356-24 and without prejudice to the provisions of Article L. 352-7, the Autorité de co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Validation and checks carried out by the presidents of the chambers of trades and crafts

Article R123-279

…ut an activity as a river freight carrier, that it satisfies the conditions of professional competence provided for in article R. 4421-3 of the Transport Code. The declaration is accompanied by the ce…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Training of lenders and intermediaries

Article D314-27

…the financial characteristics of consumer credit, in particular: the borrowing rate; the annual percentage rate of charge; the total cost of the credit; the duration of the credit; the total amount o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Management and training

Article R4462-27

…and supervision, or the execution, of specific pyrotechnic activities, as well as specific maintenance activities or the internal transport of explosive substances or objects, shall only be entrusted…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 9: Sociétés anonymes à participation ouvrière.

Article L225-270

…y provisions to the contrary. However, the implementation of this decision is subject to the existence of a collective company agreement concluded with one or more representative employee trade union…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Authorisation for creation, removal, modification or transfer

Article R5126-27

…he authorisation to operate the establishment or by the legal representative of the legal entity concerned. It is accompanied by a file containing the following information: 1° The number of patients…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Enforcement procedure

Article 695-27

…of that person, the Public Prosecutor shall inform him, in a language he understands, of the existence and content of the European arrest warrant against him. He shall also inform the person that he m…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Control by the Autorité de la concurrence in the event of a dominant position

Article L752-27

…Barthélemy, Saint-Martin, Wallis-et-Futuna and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, in the event of the existence of a dominant position, held by an undertaking or group of undertakings engaged in wholesale or r…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Audit of production accounts

Article L213-27

The Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée may, within three years of the date of issue of the cinematographic exhibition licence, audit the production account referred to in article L. 213-24…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Certification and swearing-in

Article R15-33-27

The prefect acknowledges receipt of the application for approval. He shall arrange for an administrative investigation to be carried out to ensure that the applicant meets the conditions set out in 1°…

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