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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R355-3

Pursuant to the sixth paragraph of Article L. 355-1, and without prejudice to the provisions of Article R. 352-29, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may limit the regular communicat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Death certificate

Article R2213-1-4

I.-Exceptionally, when the death has not occurred in a public or private health establishment or in an accommodation establishment for dependent elderly people mentioned in the article L. 313-12 of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-14

…Minister responsible for the economy and finance, issued after consultation with the Conseil supérieur de la coopération, to distribute the net surplus of the assets to its members. This distribution…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-3

Co-operative societies of retail traders are societies with variable capital constituted in the form of a limited liability company or a public limited company and operating in accordance with the pro…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article L441-2

For the application of this book in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: 1° The civic training mentioned in 1° of article L. 413-3 includes a section relating t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Delegation of powers

Article L1111-8

A local authority may delegate to a local authority in another category or to a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax status all or part of a remit for which it is resp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article L1133-8

…the profession of genetic counsellor is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros. Natural persons are also liable to the following additional penalties: a) Display or dissemin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Title VII: Digital health services

Article L1470-1

The digital health services governed by this Title are information systems or digital services or tools implemented by natural or legal persons governed by public or private law, including health insu…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Financial guarantee

Article L512-7

Any insurance or reinsurance intermediary and any insurance intermediary on an ancillary basis who, even on an occasional basis, collects funds intended for payment either to an insurance undertaking…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L512-61

The sociétés coopératives de banque are fixed-capital companies in the form of unions of cooperatives subject to the provisions of this section and, insofar as they are not contrary thereto, to the pr…

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