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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Invalidity.

Article R322-90

Without prejudice to the provisions of articles R. 322-106-1, R. 322-117, R. 322-124 and R. 322-159, any company referred to in this section formed in breach of articles R. 322-46 to R. 322-64 shall b…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Declared funds

Article L214-153-1

…eferred to in Article L. 214-154 or professional private equity funds referred to in Article L. 214-159 which have received authorisation to use the name "EuSEF" pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 346/201…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Acts relating mainly to contracts and agreements connected with economic activity

Article A444-158

…ved for the service referred to in g of 4° of I of Article Appendix 4-9, in company matters (number 159 of table 5), deeds relating to property subject to land registration give rise to the collection…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Objections to marriage

Article 174

…ect only in the following two cases:1° Where the consent of the family council, required by Article 159, has not been obtained;2° Where the opposition is based on the alteration of the personal facult…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Publication in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales

Article A123-78

…e as the decision pronouncing the dissolution or nullity, the notice provided for in article R. 123-159 is published alone. In this case, it shall indicate the name, customary name, pseudonym, forenam…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Marriage certificates.

Article 73

…tributed to the act, as well as their degree of kinship. Except in the case provided for by article 159 of the Civil Code, this act of consent is drawn up either by a notary or by the civil registrar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Local investment funds.

Article D214-79-1

…214-27 et seq. 214-27 et seq. and the professional investment funds referred to in article L. 214-159 managed by the management company represent total assets under management of less than 50 millio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Innovation mutual funds.

Article D214-64-1

…214-27 et seq. 214-27 et seq. and the professional investment funds referred to in article L. 214-159 managed by the management company represent total assets under management of less than 50 millio…

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

Article R131-1-1

…Financial Code ; 2° Units or shares in professional private equity funds mentioned inarticle L. 214-159 of the Monetary and Financial Code ; 3° Units or shares in specialised professional funds referr…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 11: Validation of acquired experience

Article 212-167-3

…tion deadline; -for disabled persons, the opinion of the commission provided for in articles A. 212-159 to A. 212-162. The jury will check whether the knowledge and skills demonstrated by the candidat…

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