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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Technical provisions for reinsurance operations

Article R343-8

…ituting annuities not yet payable by the company; 6° Provision for increasing risks: provision that may be required for reinsurance operations against sickness and disability risks and equal to the di…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-3-1

Undertakings covered by the Solvency II regime are :1° The undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-1 which are authorised to carry on their business, and those referred to in the first paragraph of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Rent.

Article L145-34

…rent applicable when the lease to be renewed takes effect, if its term does not exceed nine years, may not exceed the change, since the initial fixing of the rent for the expired lease, in the quarte…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Direct management of public services

Article L1412-1

…icle L. 1413-1.The operation of public wastewater treatment and urban rainwater management services may give rise to the creation of a single public authority.When provided on an inter-municipal scale…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-3

…tatutory purpose includes defending or assisting children at risk and victims of all forms of abuse may exercise the rights granted to civil parties in respect of intentional attacks on life and limb,…

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French Civil Aviation CodeIn force
BOOK VI: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

Article R611-6

…d on the collection voucher or, in the case provided for in the previous paragraph, on the invoice, may not be earlier than the thirtieth day following the date of issue of this voucher or invoice. &l…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article L613-23-3

I.-During the opposition proceedings, the proprietor of the contested patent may amend the claims of that patent provided that: 1° the amendments made meet one of the grounds for opposition mentioned…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Common provisions

Article 530

…nalty begins to run from the date on which the Public Prosecutor signs the enforcement order, which may be individual or collective. Within thirty days of the dispatch of the notice inviting the offen…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article 706-3

…loss as a result of intentional or unintentional acts which have the material nature of an offence may obtain full compensation for the damage resulting from personal injury, where the following cond…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of financial holding companies, mixed financial holding companies and parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-16

…the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on a consolidated basis, this Authority may take the necessary precautionary measures referred to in 9°, 10°, 12° and 13° of I of Article L.…

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