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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3

Article R421-47

The guarantee fund may use the excess of its resources over its current expenditure to acquire the financial instruments referred to in article L. 211-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code and real est…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-46

The requisition addressed to the Minister for Agriculture by the Minister for Defence for the purposes of extending the prohibitions on disclosure and free exploitation of a variety, which is the subj…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: MEASURES APPLICABLE FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF A DECISION OF EXPULSION, A PENALTY OF BANNING FROM FRENCH TERRITORY OR AN ADMINISTRATIVE BAN FROM FRENCH TERRITORY IN CASE OF AN ASYLUM APPLICATION

Article R753-4

A foreign national placed in administrative detention pursuant to article L. 753-1 may, independently of the examination of their state of vulnerability by the administrative authority when they are p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R54-4

The Director General of the Agency for the Management and Recovery of Seized and Confiscated Assets is a judge appointed by order of the Minister of Justice for a renewable term of three years. He is…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Verification and admission of claims.

Article R624-4

When the jurisdiction of the official receiver is challenged or when the official receiver raises his lack of jurisdiction of his own motion, or in the presence of a serious challenge, the court clerk…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Professional organisation

Article R821-40

The National Council elects from among its members by secret ballot, in accordance with the procedures laid down in the last two paragraphs of Article R. 821-58 and for four years, a chairman, a vice-…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article R4211-4

The total amount of shareholdings held by a region in the capital of commercial companies does not represent more than 5% of its actual operating revenue as recorded in its last available management a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article R214-44

I. - If the fund rules provide for capital to be called up in stages, it shall be paid up by the unitholders at the request of the management company before the end of the lock-up period provided for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: EC declaration of conformity, production quality assurance.

Article R5211-47

For Class IIa medical devices or Class I medical devices, the provisions of Article R. 5211-46 apply subject to the following modifications: 1° For class II a medical devices, the authorised body veri…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Tourist tax and flat-rate tourist tax

Article R2333-47

For the application of the provisions of II of Article L. 2333-34 and Article L. 2333-37 with regard to tourist tax and Article L. 2333-45 in the case of flat-rate tourist tax, taxpayers who have paid…

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