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Showing 29412950 of 69024 articles for Art. L. 221-8 + Art. R. 221-30 à R. 221-37

French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Advertising.

Article R*322-86

Within the same period of one month, an extract from the documents mentioned in article R. 322-85 is published in one of the newspapers authorised to publish legal notices in the département where the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Export transactions

Article R442-8-9

The State guarantee provided for in e of 1° of Article L. 432-2 is granted by decision of the Minister for the Economy after it has been established that the credit insurance market has failed.The mar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Specialised professional funds.

Article R214-203-8

The specialised professional fund management companies referred to in I of Article R. 214-203-3 shall provide the AMF, at least quarterly and in a format defined by the AMF, with information on unmatu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Special provisions for oncology surgery

Article R6123-92-8

…e of reference or a centre of competence for rare cancers labelled by the Institut national du cancer. By way of derogation from the previous paragraph, this surgical management may be carried out wit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Savings and provident institutions

Article L512-87

Subject to the provisions of this section, the savings and provident institutions are cooperative societies, subject to the provisions of law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of the coop…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Savings and provident institutions

Article L512-89

The shares of the savings and provident institutions may only be held by the local savings companies. The Articles of Association of the savings and provident institutions and of the local savings com…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Savings and provident institutions

Article L512-88

The caisses d'épargne et de prévoyance are credit institutions and may, notwithstanding the provisions of article 3 of law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperation, carry out all…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Registration in the file

Article R53-8-3

…mation communicated to the criminal records department in accordance with the provisions of article R. 64.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L511-86

…1416 of 2 November 2011, no variable remuneration shall be paid to the persons mentioned in Article L. 511-13 as well as to the Deputy Chief Executive Officers, the members of the Management Board and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L511-80

Payments linked to the early termination of a contract must correspond to effective performance assessed over time.Overall remuneration linked to compensation or the purchase of previous employment co…

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