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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Composition and operation

Article R612-7

I. - Pursuant to 1° of II of Article L. 612-14, the Supervisory Board may delegate its powers to the Chairman or, in his absence or impediment, to the Vice-Chairman or to another of its members, to ta…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Special financing arrangements

Article R4332-10

The allocation is distributed each year between the regions in such a way as to take into account, up to 60%, the capacity of the establishments and, up to 40%, changes in the school-age population. T…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 43 bis

Companies which, having subscribed to the initial capital of the sociétés immobilières conventionnées referred to in Order no. 58-876 of 24 September 1958 or to their capital increases, have waived, w…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Provisions specific to certain local public services

Article L1852-10

The fire and rescue services are only required to carry out interventions that are directly related to their public service missions as defined in article L. 1852-2 If they have carried out interventi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: The bringing of a civil action and its effects

Article 90-1

In criminal matters, when it concerns an offence against persons provided for in Book II of the Criminal Code or when it concerns an offence against property provided for in Book III of the same Code…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Assistance in recovering damages for victims of crime.

Article L422-7

Within two months of receipt of the request for recovery assistance formulated in application of article 706-15-1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the guarantee fund grants the civil party full paym…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative organisation

Article R232-11

The College of the French Anti-Doping Agency may, within the limits that it determines, delegate decisions relating to the approval provided for in article R. 232-41-12-3 and the Therapeutic Use Exemp…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-2

Investment service providers other than asset management companies shall have sound administrative procedures, internal control mechanisms, effective risk assessment techniques, effective control and…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific technical provisions the popular retirement savings plan

Article R144-18

A popular retirement savings plan may be of one or more of the following types: 1° A plan involving the acquisition of a deferred life annuity; 2° A plan consisting in the constitution of savings conv…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Measures to boost cinema distribution

Article 916-11

In order to encourage cinematographic distribution companies to contribute to the revival of cinematographic production, direct allocations are granted to them in addition to the sums they invest, pur…

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