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

Article R144-27

I. - Articles I to IV of article D. 132-7, article D. 132-8 and article D. 132-9 apply to the procedures for the individual transfer of a member's rights to another plan. II - In the event that the tr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: The Chairman

Article 246

If the president of the assizes is prevented from attending before the opening of the session, he is replaced by order of the first president. If the president of the assizes is prevented from attendi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Civil liability.

Article L225-249

The founders of the company to whom the nullity is attributable and the directors in office at the time when it was incurred may be declared jointly and severally liable for the damage resulting for t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 8: Revolving credit

Article D312-24

In the cases provided for in article L. 312-7, the representative example indicates, in addition to the information provided for in article D. 312-21 and in the same font size: 1° That the amount of t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Guidance and Supervisory Board

Article R514-27

If a member of the Guidance and Supervisory Board ceases to hold office for any reason whatsoever, the mayor shall replace him or her no later than two months after the member ceases to hold office.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Sale and transfer of shares.

Article R6223-27

…between the parties, the transfer price is set by an expert under the conditions set out inArticle 1843-4 of the Civil Code. Any clause to the contrary is deemed unwritten. If the transferring shareh…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions relating to mortgages held by spouses and guardians

Article 2442

Judgments on the claims of a spouse, guardian or legal administrator in the cases provided for in the preceding articles shall be given in the forms regulated in the Code of Civil Procedure. If the co…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Decision by the Prefect

Article R434-27

In cases where the applicant for family reunification was, at the time of the application, the holder of a récépissé for the renewal of a residence permit, the prefect shall check that the residence p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Validation and checks carried out by the presidents of the chambers of trades and crafts

Article R123-279

For the purposes of satisfying the checks provided for in article L. 123-45, any natural or legal person subject to the obligation to register in the National Register of Companies as a company in the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Purge

Article 2461

The property is, ipso jure, purged of the droit de suite attached to the mortgage in the cases provided for by law, in particular the sale on seizure of property, expropriation for public utility or t…

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