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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Governance system

Article R354-3

The internal assessment of risk and solvency referred to in Article L. 354-2 shall cover at least: a) The overall solvency requirement, taking into account the specific risk profile, the approved risk…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions applicable to manufacture and import.

Article R5124-54

The pharmaceutical establishment manufacturing medicinal products mentioned in 1° of article L. 4211-1, generators, kits or precursors mentioned in 3° of this article has a documentation system compri…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article L225-207

The General Meeting that has decided on a capital reduction not motivated by losses may authorise the Board of Directors or the Management Board, as the case may be, to purchase a specific number of s…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Delivery.

Article 1624

The question of whether the loss or deterioration of the thing sold before delivery should fall on the seller or the purchaser shall be judged according to the rules prescribed under the heading "Cont…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Creation of accounts.

Article R123-191

Shareholders' equity corresponds to the algebraic sum of contributions, revaluation differences, profits other than those for which a decision has been made to distribute, losses, investment subsidies…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Popular savings passbook account.

Article R221-53

The holder of a people's savings passbook account may transfer his funds from one institution to another, without loss of interest. The formalities relating to this transfer are laid down by the Minis…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Administrative penalties.

Article L8272-3

The decision by the administrative authority to provisionally close the establishment, taken in application of article L. 8272-2, shall not result in the termination or suspension of the employment co…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation of cooperatives of activity and employment

Article R7331-7

The cooperative for activity and employment can keep a single analytical balance sheet account and a single analytical profit and loss account for a salaried entrepreneur who carries out several econo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Payment of tax

Article 1681 F

…y a sole proprietorship on the sale for valuable consideration of all fixed assets allocated to the exercise of a professional activity or a complete branch of activity or on the sale of a business, a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-4

…The contracts underlying the portfolios of insurance or reinsurance commitments do not include any options for policyholders, subscribers or beneficiaries, apart from a surrender option if the surren…

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