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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: Solvency requirements

Article A385-2

…ferred to in 5° of Article R. 343-3 is zero;b) For mathematical provisions relating to commitments giving rise to the constitution of a diversification provision, the TECn indices used are those menti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable in the event of recording using a secure electronic device

Article A37-27-6

The provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3 of article A. 37-27-1, IV of Article A. 37-27-2, and articles A. 37-27-3 to A. 37-27-5 shall not apply if the ticketing officer is equipped with a device enabling…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Management of the Employment Platforms Social Relations Authority

Article R7345-10

The Chief Executive Officer manages the company in accordance with the guidelines laid down by the Board of Directors. In addition to those delegated to him by the Board of Directors, the Chief Execut…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to group preventive recovery plans

Article L613-37-1

…upervision of a group on a consolidated basis, for the purposes of examining and assessing a preventive group recovery plan, the college of supervisors shall provide all the cooperation required.The s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Hospital prescription medicines

Article R5121-85

…bed :1° To a doctor, dental surgeon or midwife who meets the conditions laid down in Book I of Part IV of this Code, as well as in I of Article 60 of Law no. 99-641 of 27 July 1999 creating universal…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions adapting Book IV.

Article L941-2-1

…e regulations adopted for its application by persons or organisations carrying out domiciliation activities, as defined by locally applicable regulations. Infringements are recorded in reports, which…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable persons

Article 8

…corresponding to their rights in the company. If ownership of all or part of the company shares is divided, the usufructuary is liable for income tax on the proportion of the company's profits that co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 8

…ined in Articles 421-2-5 to 421-2-5-2 of the Criminal Code, and 706-26 of this code and to the Book IV bis of the Penal Code shall lapse after twenty years from the day on which the offence was commit…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Preferential allocations.

Article 832-1

If maintenance in undivided ownership has not been ordered and in the absence of preferential attribution in ownership under the conditions provided for in article 831 or article 832, the surviving sp…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts

Article L232-6

…within the meaning of II or III of article L. 233-16, and whose turnover at the end of two consecutive financial years exceeds a threshold set by decree, draws up, publishes and makes available, at t…

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