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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L571-4

…ager of a credit institution, finance company or one of the legal entities or subsidiaries referred to in Articles L. 612-24 and L. 612-26 to respond, after formal notice, to requests for information…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: Unit-linked life assurance or capitalisation contracts.

Article R131-4

…he contract, the insurer may, for contracts which so provide, substitute a unit of account referred to in 2° of article R. 131-1 for units of account of a comparable nature if the initial unit of acco…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions common to the various commercial companies.

Article L239-4

…n, the more diligent party shall cause the entry in the register of registered shares of the joint stock company or in the articles of association of the limited liability company to be deleted.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Search and recording

Article L531-4

Failure to comply with the seizure measure mentioned in article L. 512-29 is punishable by three years' imprisonment and a fine of 375,000 euros.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article L3511-4

The articles L. 3334-16, L. 3334-16-1, L. 3334-16-2 and L. 3443-2 are not applicable to Mayotte.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title I: Rules common to non-marine damage insurance and life and health insurance

Article A111-4

As long as this is justified by the data referred to in article L. 111-7 , taking gender into account may result in differences in premiums and benefits proportionate to the risks under insurance oper…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter V: Offences relating to investor protection

Article R465-4

When a matter is referred to the Public Prosecutor at the Paris Court of Appeal pursuant to Article L. 465-3-6, the Public Prosecutor shall inform the Autorité des marchés financiers and the Public Pr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Business project support contract

Article R5142-4

…during a calendar quarter are paid within the first fifteen days of the following calendar quarter to the body responsible for collection in whose district the legal entity responsible for the suppor…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: Residence permits for study purposes

Article R422-4

…osting the foreign student must operate under conditions that comply with the legislative and regulatory provisions in force. Its ability to receive the foreign student under such conditions may be ve…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Self-employed persons, members of the liberal professions and the self-employed.

Article L6331-48-1

The self-employed workers referred to in the sixth paragraph of article L. 6331-48 who have declared zero turnover or revenue for a period of twelve consecutive calendar months prior to submitting the…

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