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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Surrender by life insurance companies of annuities below a certain minimum amount.

Article A160-3

The scale fixing the surrender value of the annuities referred to in Article A. 160-2 is that of the mathematical provisions established on the basis of the tables and interest rates set by Articles 1…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7a: Forestry and insurance investment account

Article D221-126

…ngs accounts remain subject to this section as it stood prior to the entry into force of Decree no. 2015-31 of 15 January 2015 on the forestry investment and insurance account, unless they are convert…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Title IX: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article L390-1

…ticles L. 310-1-1-1 and L. 322-26-7 are applicable in the version resulting from Order 2020-1142 of 16 September 2020.Article L. 310-2 is applicable in the version resulting from Order 2017-484 of 6 A…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Resolution of banking crises

Article R784-12

…ble:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 613-40, R. 613-42 to R. 613-45No. 2015-1160 of 17 September 2015R. 613-46 to R. 613-46-2n° 2020-1703 of 24 December 2020R. 613-46-3 an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Specialised professional funds.

Article R214-203-4

…xcluding collective investments and financial undertakings within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 2015/760 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 on European long-term invest…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VII: Provisions specific to Mayotte

Article R4437-4

The Mayotte council for culture, education and the environment comprises twenty-two members, including:1° Seven representatives of bodies involved in cultural life;2° Seven representatives of bodies i…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Request for rectification or deletion

Article R50-62

Persons entered in the file pursuant to the first paragraph of B of II of article 19 de la loi n° 2015-912 du 25 juillet 2015 may apply to the juge des libertés et de la détention for the deletion of…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article D321-2

…more than nine years and whose classification expired on the date of entry into force of decree no. 2015-298 of 16 March 2015 amending the conditions for the classification of tourist residences; -unc…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Relations between hoteliers and online reservation platforms

Article L311-5-4

…between hoteliers and online reservation platforms entered into prior to the publication of Law No. 2015-990 of 6 August 2015 on growth, activity and equal economic opportunities cease to have effect…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-6

…tted by candidates in accordance with the procedures set out in articles R. 4122-4-15 and R. 4122-4-16. Three, five or seven of its members are appointed in accordance with the procedures set out in t…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
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