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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-5-2

I.-For commitments covered by 1° of Article L. 134-1, I of Article A. 132-4-1 applies as follows:1° Where the technical rate used is not zero, the literary explanation referred to in 2° of I of articl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Powers (R).

Article R2511-3

For the application of article L. 2511-15, the arrondissement council shall give its opinion under the conditions laid down in article R. 134-1 of the town planning code.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-5-3

I - For commitments covered by article L. 134-1, during the period of application of article R. 342-3, information relating to the allocation of assets by the insurance undertaking due to insufficient…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-22

Each year, the insurance or capitalisation company will inform the policyholder of:-the amount of the surrender value or, for contracts linked to the cessation of professional activity, the transfer v…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article L225-134

I.-If irreducible subscriptions and, where applicable, reducible subscriptions have not absorbed the entire capital increase: 1° The amount of the capital increase may be limited to the amount of subs…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-134

Articles L. 224-1, L. 224-2, the second paragraph of article L. 225-68, the second paragraph of article L. 225-131, articles L. 225-258 to L. 225-270, L. 232-2 and L. 232-10 of the French Commercial C…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 1342

Payment is the voluntary performance of the service due. It must be made as soon as the debt becomes due. It releases the debtor from the creditor and extinguishes the debt, except where the law or th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General rules

Article 1347

Compensation is the simultaneous extinction of reciprocal obligations between two persons.It takes place, subject to being invoked, in due proportion, on the date when its conditions are met.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: The opening of curatorship.

Article 1342

The advertising provided for in articles 809-1, 809-2, 810-5 and 810-7 of the Civil Code give rise to the insertion of a notice in a legal gazette circulated within the jurisdiction of the competent c…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formal notice to the debtor

Article 1344

The debtor is put on notice to pay either by a summons or an act providing sufficient interpellation, or, if the contract so provides, by the mere due date of the obligation.

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