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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The guarantee fund.

Article R334-8

…do not apply to mutual insurance companies fully reinsured by a union referred to in Article L. 322-26-3, or to agricultural mutual insurance companies or funds exempted from administrative approval u…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Control of the profession

Article L821-12-4

…ing articles, the High Council is exempt from the application of the provisions of loi n° 68-678 du 26 juillet 1968 relative à la communication de documents et renseignements d'ordre économique, comme…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R531-6

…aphs 3 and 4 of Article 31 of Directive 2013/32/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection..

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Supervision on a consolidated basis by a competent authority of another Member State of the European Union or another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article R613-9

…k V of this Code or in Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 6: Financial guarantee.

Article R211-27

The operating conditions of the collective guarantee body mentioned in article R. 211-26, in particular the conditions of membership, resignation, control over members, granting, withdrawal and implem…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Work release, semi-liberty, temporary absences and escorted absences

Article 723

…out activities outside the prison establishment. The semi-liberty regime is defined by Article 132-26 of the Penal Code. A decree determines the conditions under which these various measures are gran…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R354-5

For the application of Article R. 354-4:1° Article R. 341-26 only applies in the Wallis and Futuna Islands to the obligations referred to in Article L. 314-25;2° In Article R. 341-27, the reference: "…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Hearing and deliberation

Article R532-43

…s received either a statement or exhibits, or any of the information provided for in Article R. 532-26, may present at the hearing any oral observations that it considers useful to respond to this sta…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article R511-22

…truments as defined by Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation of the company.

Article R743-89

…empt from inserting in a legal announcements medium the notices provided for in articles 22, 24 and 26 of decree no. 78-704 of 3 July 1978 relating to the application of law no. 78-9 of 4 January 1978…

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