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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-4-3

For life insurance or capitalisation contracts, when the policyholder or subscriber converts individual rights into rights expressed in units of account that were not selected when the contract was ta…

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In force

Article Annexe 4-6

LIST OF ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES MENTIONED IN ARTICLE R. 463-9Autorité des marchés financiers. Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés. Médiateur du cinéma. Authorité de contrôle prud…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDIX TO PART FIVE

Article Annexe 51-1

LIST OF POISONOUS SUBSTANCES CLASSIFIED IN FOUR GROUPS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE R. 5132-40 Group 1Acetazolamide.Etacrynic acid.Tienilic acid.Altizide.Ambuside.Amiloride.Bendroflumethiazide.Benzthiazide.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title V: Provisions common to Titles I, II and IV

Article 1378 quater A

The conversion, authorised by decree of the Conseil d'Etat, of a body formed, in any form whatsoever, with a view to one of the objects set out in Article 2 of Law no. 78-654 of 22 June 1978, into a p…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to statutory pension increases

Article A421-4-3

The income statement for this section shows in detail the income from the contribution provided for inArticle L. 421-6-1 of the French Insurance Code, the cost of reimbursing statutory annuity increas…

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In force

Article Annexe 1-3

ANNEX TO ARTICLES R. 123-57 ET 123-581° For Germany:die Aktiengesellschaft;die Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien;die Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung;2° For Austria:die Aktiengesellschaft;die Gese…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Designation of tax officials responsible for carrying out certain judicial police duties

Article A36-10-10

Within a maximum of two months after the date of the examination, the chairman will convene a meeting of the committee to draw up a list of agents for whom the committee has issued a favourable opinio…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Categories of insurance and statements to be produced.

Article Annexe R344-7

SECTION CODE NAF REV. 2 LEVEL 88 DIVISIONS considered DIVISION HEADINGS 1 01-03 Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing 2 05-09 Mining and quarrying 35 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 36…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation

Article A212-34-5

The Regional and Departmental Director of Youth, Sport and Social Cohesion (DRDJSCS), the Regional Director of Youth, Sport and Social Cohesion (DRJSCS) or the Director of Youth, Sport and Social Cohe…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-1-1

For the application of article A. 132-1, the average rate for government bonds on a half-yearly basis is determined by taking the arithmetic average over the last six months of the rates observed on t…

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