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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-23

…a decision on equivalence in accordance with Article 379 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014. That decision may not contradict a decision previously taken in respect…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R356-57-1

…ken and any new corrective measures planned. Article 363 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014 specifies the details of the publications incumbent on undertakings in th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L3334-3

Each département receives a lump-sum allocation.I. - From 2015, each département's lump-sum allocation is equal to the amount received the previous year in respect of this allocation. For each departm…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Uses of the professional prevention account

Article L4163-7

…who have not reached their sixtieth birthday. IV - For people aged at least fifty-two on 1 January 2015, the scale for acquiring points credited to the professional prevention account and the conditi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article L5842-2

…Order no. 2021-1310 of 7 October 2021 L. 5211-4 law no. 99-586 of 12 July 1999 L. 5211-4-1 law no. 2015-991 of 7 August 2015L. 5211-4-2law no. 2022-217 of 21 February 2022 L. 5211-4-3 law no. 2010-15…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions specific to specialised financing bodies

Article L214-190-1

…A specialised finance vehicle may grant loans under the conditions laid down by Regulation (EU) No 2015/760 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 on European long-term invest…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rules specific to contracts with a particular purpose

Article D224-58

…n, the probability of failure and call signalling delays, in accordance with Annex X to Directive 2018/1972 of the Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 establishing the European Electroni…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L561-36

…rs of financial instrument settlement and delivery systems, persons authorised under Article L. 621-18-5, financial investment advisers, providers of participative financing services in respect of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Duration.

Article L145-4

…forms and timeframe of article L. 145-9, if he intends to invoke the provisions of articles L. 145-18, L. 145-21, L. 145-23-1 et L. 145-24 in order to build, rebuild or raise the existing building, t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L132-15

…ctured or with their realisation under the conditions provided for in articles L. 622-17 and L. 622-18 of the aforementioned Commercial Code until fifteen days after having notified the author of his…

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