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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-1-1

…R. 332-1, insurance undertakings may not cover up to 20% of their liabilities with matching assets. II- Undertakings may also choose not to cover their technical provisions with matching assets if, in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VII: Legal costs

Article R349

…fines" are replaced by the words: "in accordance with the texts applicable in the local authority". II.-At the end of the third paragraph of article R. 217, the words: "by order; the costs are then ad…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Actions to prevent, cease or remedy a breach of business secrecy

Article R152-1

…cts, including imported products, so as to prevent them from entering or circulating on the market. II. II -In lieu of the provisional and precautionary measures referred to in 1° to 3° of I, the cour…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Secondment of more than twelve months

Article R1262-18-1

For the application of the last paragraph of II of article L. 1262-4, the employer shall complete, for each seconded employee concerned, the secondment declaration provided for in I of article L. 1262…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
a: Withholding tax on income from shares and similar income, where the beneficiaries do not have their real domicile or registered office in France, and on interest and bond income

Article 1673 bis

…no financial year ends during the year, the payment is made no later than 15 May. (1).(1) See Annex II, art. 379.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I A: Observatory of prices, margins and incomes in overseas France

Article L910-1 C

…economic and social council, consular chambers, the institute mentioned in the section 2 of Chapter II of Title II of Book VII of the Monetary and Financial Code and individuals qualified by virtue of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to portfolio management companies

Article L533-22-2

I. - The portfolio management companies of the AIFs mentioned in 1° and 2° of II of this article and the portfolio management companies of UCITS determine the remuneration policies and practices of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Partial access

Article R4002-5

…ticle L. 4002-3 has not been met or if this refusal is justified on one of the grounds mentioned in II of the same article, in the light in particular of the opinions issued under the conditions defin…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 21: Hygiene of products, foodstuffs and animal feed mentioned in 6° of Article L. 412-1

Article R412-37

…rench Consumer Code) apply to 2° The provisions of Articles 1, 2, 3, 5 to 7, 9 and 23 of, and Annex II to, Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 January 2005…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title III: ASSIGNMENT OF RESIDENCE

Article R730-1

…6 and R. 733-1 to R. 733-21 are applicable to foreign nationals whose situation is governed by Book II.

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