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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Housing finance companies

Article L513-32

In each housing finance company, the specific controller referred to in Article L. 513-23 ensures that the company complies with Articles L. 513-28 to L. 513-30.It also verifies that the housing loans…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Tariffs and their application

Article 677

…the formation of economic interest groupings constituted in accordance with articles L251-1 to L251-23 of the French Commercial Code, real estate contributions made to associations formed in accordanc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: REVENUE

Article L2336-1

…rces referred to in 1 correspond, for municipalities, to those referred to in 1° of a of Article L. 2331-3 and, for public intercommunal cooperation establishments with their own tax system, to those…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Collective prevention

Article R4434-1

…ng workers with equipment that complies with the provisions adopted pursuant to decree no. 95-79 of 23 January 1995 on noise control and relating to noisy objects and soundproofing devices; 4° Modifyi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Judgment

Article R4443-6

I.-Articles R. 4234-23 to R. 4234-33 and R. 4234-35 to R. 4234-40 are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in their version resulting from decree no. 2022-381 of 16 March 2022, subject to…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to groups with a parent undertaking having its registered office outside the European Union

Article R356-7

…Solvency Capital Requirement determined in accordance with the principles set out in Article R. 356-23 in the case of a third-country insurance or reinsurance undertaking. III - Upon authorisation of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article D527-1

…person who has been sentenced to life imprisonment or who, regardless of the length of detention remaining to be served, has been sentenced either to a term of imprisonment or criminal detention equa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Transfers

Article L224-40

…institué par la Caisse nationale de prévoyance de la fonction publique mentionné à l'article L. 132-23 du code des assurances ; 4° Une convention d'assurance de groupe dénommée "complémentaire retrait…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Disciplinary procedure

Article R241-16-1

…241-6 and L. 241-7 and those proposed by the Secretary General of the Agency pursuant to article L. 232-22 ; 3° The possibility for the person concerned, within twenty days of receipt of the notificat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article R225-73

…duced to fifteen days when the general meeting is convened pursuant to the provisions of article L. 233-32.The notice referred to in the previous paragraph shall include, in addition to the informatio…

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