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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Information on loan insurance

Article R313-9

This sheet referred to in article L. 313-10 in particular specifies: 1° The definition and description of the types of cover offered under the insurance to the borrower; 2° Where applicable, the chara…

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

Article R356-24

I.-The rules set out in Articles R. 356-26 and R. 356-27 apply, in accordance with the procedures set out in Article R. 356-25, to any insurance or reinsurance undertaking having its registered office…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Establishment of criminal record cards

Article R72

For persons born in the overseas territories the records provided for in articles R. 65 and R. 67, paragraph 2, and the notices provided for in articles R. 67, paragraph 1, R. 69 and R. 71, are forwar…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions of professional competence.

Article R512-12

I.-When the intermediaries referred to in 3° or 4° of the I of article R. 511-2 and their employees carry on the business of distribution as an ancillary activity to their main professional activity a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies.

Article R233-16

For the application of 2° of Article L. 233-17, the thresholds which must not be exceeded, under the conditions set out in this article, by the group formed by a company and the undertakings it contro…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Specific procedures

Article R284

At articles R. 50-17, R. 50-20, R. 50-22 and R. 51, summonses, information and decisions are made, as far as the applicant is concerned, in the form of registered letter with acknowledgement of receip…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 7: Professional liability.

Article R211-37

The guarantee mentioned in article R. 211-36, in addition to the legal exclusions provided for in the Insurance Code, does not cover : a) Damage caused to the insured himself, his ascendants and desce…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article R917-33

In article R. 713-70 : a) In the first, third, fifth and sixth paragraphs, the words: "chambre de commerce et d'industrie territoriale" are replaced by the words : "chambre d'agriculture, de commerce,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Personal protective equipment

Article R4313-80

The internal manufacturing control procedure known as the EC self-certification procedure defined by article R. 4313-20 Personal protective equipment that is new or considered to be new and whose purp…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Public prosecutions and investigations

Article R368

In articles R. 20, R. 21 and R. 23-1, before the words: "le régisseur des recettes", the words: "le greffier en chef ou par" are inserted.

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