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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L121-9

In the event of total loss of the insured item resulting from an event not provided for in the policy, the insurance terminates ipso jure and the insurer must return to the insured the portion of the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rules common to leases of houses and rural property.

Article 1721

The lessee is owed a guarantee for all defects or faults in the leased property that prevent its use, even if the lessor did not know of them at the time of the lease. If these defects or faults resul…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L561-36-3

I. - Any failure by the persons referred to in 12°, 13°, 14°, 18° and 19° of Article L. 561-2 to comply with the obligations laid down in Sections 3 to 6 of this Chapter, in Chapter II of this Title,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4 : Smoothing or spreading devices

Article 75-0 A

1. The exceptional income of a farmer subject to a real taxation system may, by option, be attached, in equal fractions, to the results of the financial year in which it is realised and of the six fol…

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

Article L22-10-58

In a company whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, options giving entitlement to subscribe for or purchase shares may only be granted to the persons referred to in the fourth par…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Scope of application

Article 260 C

The option mentioned in Article 260 B does not apply: 1° Transactions carried out by affiliates of the central body of savings banks and banques populaires, as well as their groupings, between themsel…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Special payment rules

Article L224-20

…he provisions of articles 154 bis and 154 bis-0 A or 163 quatervicies of the General Tax Code. This option is exercised at the latest when the payment is made to the plan manager and is irrevocable. I…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to the use of administrative police powers in resolution proceedings

Article L311-30

…to suspend, delay or limit, for all or part of its portfolio, the payment of surrender values, the option of arbitration, the payment of policy loans or the option of surrender;9° Prohibit or limit t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L441-2

…sory, these operations are referred to as compulsory insurance. In other cases, they are said to be optional. In the case of optional policies, the right to cancel is exercised in accordance with arti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Simplified tax regimes

Article 302 septies A bis

…udes lighter obligations.II. - (Repealed).III. - The scheme provided for in I is reserved for:a. By option, to companies normally placed under the scheme defined in Article 50-0 ;b. To other companies…

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