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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Deregistration

Article R521-22

On receipt of the documents referred to in articles R. 521-19, R. 521-20 or in article R. 521-21 in the case of a financial lease of movable property, the registrar shall cancel the registration, ment…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information

Article L224-27-1

…s shall communicate the information required in the first paragraph of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2015/2120 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015. The detailed rules for…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Special provisions for certain transfers

Article L1614-8

…ed in application of article 95 of law no. 83-8 du 7 janvier 1983 précitée, constaté au 1er janvier 2007. The respective share due to each department is obtained by applying a coefficient to the total…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to establishments distributing the Livret A or the Livret de développement durable et solidaire.

Article R221-9

…investment needs of businesses that meet the criteria set out in European Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003 defining micro, small and medium-sized enterprises; 2° To finance projects…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter X: Digital asset service providers

Article D54-10-7

…icant to use products that have been evaluated and certified under the conditions set out in Decree 2002-535 of 18 April 2002 on the evaluation and certification of the security offered by information…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Supervision on a consolidated basis by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article R613-3-3

For the purposes of II of Article L. 613-20-4, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall draw up and send to the other competent authorities of the Member States of the European Union…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Specific part

Article A212-126

Candidates who have obtained an average of 10 out of 20 or more in all the tests defined in article A. 212-125 will be offered final admission to the examination for the specific part and will receive…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article A111-5

…ect of insurance operations classified, by reference to article R. 321-1, in the following classes: 20 Life insurance ; 22 Insurance linked to investment funds ; 23 Tontines; 26 Any collective operati…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Court reconciliation software

Article R40-40

The implementation of the judicial reconciliation software mentioned in articles 230-20 et seq is authorised, for each procedure that it controls, by the magistrate in charge of the investigation or i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration

Article A822-5

…sion tests unless they have been declared eligible. The admission tests, which are marked from 0 to 20, comprise: 1° An interview test lasting a maximum of half an hour, preceded by half an hour's pre…

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