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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-2-1

When an undertaking invests, directly or indirectly, in negotiable debt securities, bonds, units or shares mentioned in 2°, 2°c or 6° of A of article R. 332-2 as well as in negotiable debt securities…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 16: Collagens and gelatin

Article R412-32

The enforcement measures provided for in Article L. 412-1 : 1° The provisions of Articles 1 and 2, points 1 and 2 of Chapter I and Chapter V of Section XIV "Gelatin" of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Transitional provisions.

Article L441-10

I. - Agreements of any kind in existence on 1 July 2017 and carrying out or providing for the transactions referred to in Article L. 441-1 must be brought into compliance with the provisions of this c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L518-1

The following are not subject to the provisions of Chapters I to VII of this Title: the French Treasury, the Banque de France, La Poste, under the conditions defined in Article L. 518-25, the Institut…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Tax fines

Article 1763 A

Calls for the application of a fine of €1,500, for each breach established per entity in respect of a financial year, or the increase provided for in b of 1 of article 1728 or article 1729, if the app…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Terms and conditions of judicial supervision

Article R17-4-1

Where judicial supervision includes the obligation set out in 8° of article 138, the provisions of articles R. 131-3 to R. 131-4-1 of the Penal Code are applicable. The certificate they contain serves…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: Decisions recognising a state of natural disaster

Article D125-1-2

Decisions adopted by ministers to recognise or not to recognise communes as being in a state of natural disaster may be the subject of administrative appeals under the conditions laid down by the prov…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Payment terms

Article R2392-12-1

…392-3, the date of receipt of the request for payment by the contracting authority corresponds to : 1° When invoices are sent by electronic data interchange, the date on which the State's budgetary an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Canvassing in banking or financial matters

Article L353-2

The penalties set out in Article 313-1 of the Criminal Code shall apply: 1° The act, for any person, of engaging in the activity of banking or financial canvassing defined in article L. 341-1 without…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Financial and accounting provisions

Article L114-1

The resources of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée include in particular: 1° Resources derived from taxes, levies and other products that it collects or that are allocated to it in ap…

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