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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Forward financial instruments of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-54

The sum of the positive realisation values of all the contracts entered into with the same company or several companies belonging to the same group within the meaning of article R. 332-13 is taken int…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R355-8

The publication of the Solvency Capital Requirement referred to in Article R. 355-7 shall indicate, separately, the amount calculated in accordance with the provisions of Chapter II of this Title, and…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Guarantee fund for policyholders against the failure of life and health insurance companies.

Article R423-14

If the policyholders' guarantee fund intervenes under the conditions provided for in article L. 423-3, it shall first use its available resources, before calling, as necessary, on the guarantee fund r…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions relating to beneficiaries

Article 611-4

…rs or managers, as well as the majority of their directors, must be French nationals or assimilated;3° They must be up to date with payment of the tax on the physical and online distribution of audiov…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose and award conditions

Article 821-1

Selective financial aid is awarded to operators of cinemas to reward the implementation, between 1 October 2021 and 30 September 2022, of programming, entertainment, education and communication initia…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Availability of consultation documents

Article R2332-4

…pt of tenders. However, in the case of reduced deadlines due to urgency, this deadline is four days;3° In the case of competitive dialogue, six days before the deadline set for receipt of the final bi…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R2431-2

The project management tasks are specified in section 2 for building works and in section 3 for infrastructure works. Specific tasks are set out in section 4 when the construction methods or technique…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article L236-51

…ompany resulting from the conversion, unless they have transferred their corporate units or shares; 3° The rights and obligations under the employment contracts of the company resulting from the conve…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title II: RULES FOR THE FORMATION AND PERFORMANCE OF CERTAIN CONTRACTS

Article R223-4-1

…4 are : 1° The number of professional members; 2° The amount of fees paid by professional members; 3° The number of consumers and telephone numbers on the opposition list; 4° The number of telephone…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R151-1

…rie group are replaced by the reference to the territorially competent commander of the gendarmerie;3° References to the commanders of the departmental gendarmerie group are replaced by the reference…

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