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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Investment ratios

Article R214-26

…non-voting equity securities of any one issuer ;2° 10% of the debt securities of any one issuer ;3° 25% of the units or shares of any single undertaking for collective investment governed by French or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to investment firms and credit institutions providing investment services

Article D533-15-1

…cial instruments defined in accordance with Article 57 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 2017/565 of 25 April 2016 supplementing Directive 2014/65/EU as regards organisational requirements and operatin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definition and conditions for carrying out preimplantation diagnosis

Article R2131-26-2

…disciplinary clinical-biological medical team referred to in the first paragraph of article R. 2131-25 with a copy of the authorisation issued by the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine w…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-11

…2005-845 of 26 July 2005 on safeguarding businesses, in application of Title VI of Law no. 85-98 of 25 January 1985 on the legal recovery and liquidation of businesses or, under the system in force pr…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Compensation procedures.

Article L211-11

…third party payers referred to in article 29 of law no. 85-677 of 5 July 1985 and in article L. 211-25, the third party payers lose all rights to reimbursement against the insurer and against the tort…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article R111-1

…with Articles 13 and 300 of Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the taking-up and pursuit of the business of insurance and reinsurance ;2° Its t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Publication of the acts of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée and its Chairman

Article A112-31

…cle…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Penalties applicable.

Article L3421-1

…public prosecution may be extinguished, under the conditions provided for in articles 495-17 to 495-25 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, by the payment of a fixed fine of €200. The amount of the redu…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Investments

Article R385-11

…t pursuant to Article 172 of Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the taking-up and pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (Solvency…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Aid for the distribution of works intended for young audiences

Article 223-16

…ion to the following reference proportions:- 17% for arthouse cinematographic works shown in 175 to 250 cinemas at the time of their national release;- 25% for arthouse cinematographic works shown in…

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