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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Special regulations concerning certain assets of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-13

1° The loans referred to in 12° of article R. 332-2 must have a total term of at least two years and meet the following conditions: They must be secured by a guarantee given by a credit institution, f…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: The Trade and Companies Register

Article R123-169

The domiciliation contract provided for in articles R. 123-167 and R. 123-168 is mentioned in the Trade and Companies Register, with an indication of the name or corporate name and the references of t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies

Article R814-129

Subject to the rules on the protection and representation of protected persons, the provisions of articles R. 814-80 and R. 814-128 are applicable to the transfer of the shares of a partner who is und…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section unique : Le conseil des sites de Corse

Article R4421-15

The provisions of articles R. 4421-10 to R. 4421-14, insofar as they govern the operation of the Corsican Sites Council sitting in a formation known as "heritage and architecture", are applicable to t…

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

Article R225-117

Whether or not shareholders and holders of investment certificates are asked to waive their pre-emptive rights, the content of the reports by the Board of Directors or the Management Board and the Sta…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Conditions for registration on the lists of judicial representatives.

Article R812-18-1

The following may apply to be included on the list mentioned in article L. 812-2 to the national registration and disciplinary commission: 1° Persons holding the master's degree referred to in 5° of A…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Taking account of the national health strategy in Corsica, in the local authorities referred to in Article 73 of the Constitution and in Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article R1411-11

When the national health strategy is drawn up and evaluated, account is taken of regional cooperation initiatives organised by players in the health and medico-social sectors, with each of the local a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Management and information costs and costs relating to the tasks of skills operators

Article R6332-19

The expenditure referred to in article R. 6332-17 of the skills operator is allocated on a pro rata basis of the sums allocated within the framework of: 1° The sections referred to in article L. 6332-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Undertakings for collective real estate investment.

Article R214-121

When applying the 20% ratio mentioned in article R. 214-86 to the undertakings for collective real estate investment mentioned in article R. 214-120, account is also taken, for the application of III…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Harvesting haematopoietic cells from bone marrow or peripheral blood from a minor donor

Article R1241-10

Each of the persons vested with parental authority or, where applicable, the minor's guardian, expresses his or her consent before the president of the judicial court or his or her delegate under the…

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