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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Transitional provisions relating to the solvency margin.

Article R334-32

The undertakings referred to in Article R. 310-10-1, authorised on 4 July 1993 to conduct one or more of the classes of business referred to in Article R. 321-1 within the territory of the French Repu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R6153-2-4

…agreement regarding the application of the provisions of articles R. 6153-2 to R. 6153-2-3, R. 6153-10 and D. 6153-10-1, the resident shall refer the matter to the director of his host structure or th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Freedom to provide services

Article D532-23-4

…he change is made in accordance with the conditions set out in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1018 of 29 June 2016 supplementing Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the C…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Simplified extradition procedure

Article 696-25

…provisional arrest for the purposes of extradition emanates from a State party to the Convention of 10 March 1995 on simplified extradition procedure between the Member States of the European Union, i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Formation without a public offer or with a public offer referred to in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or in Article L. 411-2-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code

Article R225-13

…and Financial Code or in Article L. 411-2-1 of the same code, only the provisions of articles R. 22-10-6 to R. 22-10-8 and R. 22-10-12 are applicable to the formation of the company.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article Annexe article A43-6-2

…ure of procedure and technique used Reference to the social security key letter (value as at 1 July 2017) (1) Coefficient Rounded metropolitan rate excl. VAT 1° Research and determination of ethanol i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4311-2

…4311-3 and L. 4311-4, or holding the authorisations provided for in articles L. 4311-9 and L. 4311-10, may practise the profession of nurse.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Compulsory licences in the interests of public health

Article R613-22

The licence applicant, the patent owner and the licence holders or their representatives may be heard by the committee responsible for issuing the opinions provided for in articles R. 613-10 and R. 61…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Non-voting preference shares.

Article R228-46

…eholder representation at special meetings is governed by articles R. 225-79 to R. 225-82 and R. 22-10-24.However, the mandate provided for in article R. 225-79 may be given for all special meetings w…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Loan guarantees (R)

Article D1511-34

…payable in respect of a financial year, in relation to the total amount of annual instalments that may be guaranteed or secured is set at 10%..

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