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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and tasks of the network of chambers of commerce and industry.

Article R711-63

I.-Voting rights at the General Meeting are defined as follows: 1° The total voting rights of the chairmen of the territorial, local and departmental chambers of commerce and industry of Ile-de-France…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-17

Any person who is subject to a suspension by virtue of a decision pronounced by an anti-doping organisation signatory to the World Anti-Doping Code or by the competent body hearing an appeal against s…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-21

In order to determine whether the group Solvency Capital Requirement calculated on the basis of consolidated data in accordance with Article R. 356-19 appropriately reflects the risk profile of the gr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Qualifications required

Article A321-14

The written eligibility tests comprise:1° A theoretical test lasting four hours on legal subjects, related to the activities of public sales of furniture, the mark for which is assigned a coefficient…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Operating conditions.

Article L4141-3

The evidence of formal qualifications required in application of 1° of Article L. 4111-1 is, for the practice of the profession of dental surgeon : 1° Either the French State diploma of doctor of dent…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Transfer procedures

Article L1424-21

The departmental consultative commission mentioned in article L1424-20 comprises, in addition to the four representatives of the firefighters who sit on the board of directors of the fire and rescue s…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Compensatory benefits.

Article 279

The homologated agreement has the same enforceability as a court decision. It can only be amended by a new agreement between spouses, also subject to homologation. The spouses nevertheless have the op…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Prudential provisions

Article L522-15-1

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may make a recommendation or issue an injunction to payment institutions to ensure that they have sufficient capital for payment services, in parti…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Investment income

Article R343-14

In the case of undertakings authorised to carry out the transactions referred to in 1° of Article L. 310-1 and supplementary occupational pension funds, in the event of the sale of securities valued i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 1119

Until the reconstitution or restitution of the registers has been carried out, notarial acts which, at the termes de l'article 46 du code civil, peuvent suppléer tous les actes de l'état civil dont le…

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