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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-19

…e undertakings. This minimum is covered by the eligible basic own funds set by IV of Article R. 351-26. In order to determine whether these eligible own funds enable the Minimum Solvency Capital Requi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Powers

Article L5217-2

…itions set out in article L. 2224-8, urban stormwater management within the meaning of Article L. 2226-1 and water;b) Creation, management, extension and translation of cemeteries and cinerary sites o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title III: Payment systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments

Article L330-1

…its, in accordance with common rules and standardised procedures within the meaning of Directive 98/26/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 1998 on settlement finality in payment…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Appendix

Article Annexe

…gical innovations that enable its services to evolve, and makes use of the lessons learned. x x x x 26) The service provider mobilises the expertise, tools and networks needed to welcome, support/trai…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Compensation grants

Article L3334-7-1

…ount of the compensation allowance is equal, for each department, to the amount received in 2010.In 2017, the departments' compensation allowance is subject to a reduction of 32 million euros correspo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Income tax deducted at source

Article 204 H

…f income, within the meaning of 1° of IV of Article 1417, for the last known tax year is less than €26,065 per family quota share.For the purposes of assessing the condition set out in 1° of this II,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Petroleum products

Article 298

…he tax is payable by the person liable for excise duty on energy designated in 2° of Article L. 311-26 of the code of taxes on goods and services and, where applicable, articles L. 311-32 and L. 311-3…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Merger

Article L5212-27

…sis, the benefits acquired in application of the third paragraph of article 111 of law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the local civil service.IV. - The merger results…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-14

…e 222-7,222-8,222-9,222-10,222-14,222-14-1,222-15 of the Penal Code) -viols (articles 222-23 to 222-26 of the Penal Code) -sexual assault (articles 222-27 to 222-30 of the Penal Code) drug trafficking…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART SIX

Article Annexe 61-2

…under the conditions set out in articles L. 6154-1 to L. 6154-6 and articles R. 6154-4 to R. 6154-26 of the Public Health Code, which are appended to the present contract and of which he has taken n…

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