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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Effects of winding-up proceedings of companies whose registered office is located within the territory of a Member State of the European Union other than France.

Article L326-27

…d concluded after the adoption of a reorganisation measure or the opening of winding-up proceedings:1° Real estate ;2° A ship or aircraft subject to registration in a public register;3° Financial inst…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Single integration contract

Article L5522-2-3

…plies in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon in the context of the jobs for the future provided for in Section 8 of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Authorisation of training institutes and schools

Article R4383-2

…obtaining the opinion of the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, to training institutes and schools whose project meets the following conditions: 1° Qualification of the directors of the i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Merchant accounting

Article R123-208-1

I. - The following professions remain subject to the regulations applicable to them: 1° Commercial agents mentioned in articles L. 134-1 et seq; 2° Persons carrying out the activity of press salesman…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Investment rules

Article R214-17

…l contracts meeting the characteristics of credit derivatives which satisfy the following criteria: 1° They make it possible to transfer the credit risk associated with an asset mentioned in 1° of Art…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Investment rules

Article R214-18

I. - A UCITS may use techniques and instruments relating to eligible financial securities and money market instruments, and in particular repurchase agreements and similar transactions for the tempora…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Investment rules

Article R214-16

I - The financial indices mentioned in article R. 214-15 meet the following conditions:1° Their composition is sufficiently diversified, in the sense that the following criteria are met:a) The index i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Sections.

Article L1423-1-1

…the scope of the collective labour agreement to which the employee party to the dispute is subject and a table of allocation, under conditions defined by decree.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database

Article 706-56-1

…been convicted by a foreign criminal court of an offence of the same nature as those referred to in 1° and 2° of Article 706-55, where these convictions, pursuant to an international convention or agr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article R53-8-14

For the application of 1° and 2° of Article 706-53-5, the proof referred to in the first paragraph of Article R. 53-8-13 is delivered or sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to th…

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