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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-7-4

I. - Where, for an insurance undertaking which does not belong to a group within the meaning of Article L. 356-1, the commitments constituted in respect of the operations governed by this chapter repr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Authorisation procedure

Article R513-11-4

…authorisation to carry out the stool collection activity provided for in Article L. 513-11-1 shall be sent to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41-1-C

…entiel et de résolution shall assess and monitor the systems, strategies and procedures implemented by credit institutions and finance companies to identify, measure and manage the risks to which they…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-4-1

The articles of association of a société coopérative de commerçants may stipulate that a member wishing to sell his business, or more than 50% of the shares making up the capital of the company operat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6a : Inventory of fixtures, rental charges and taxes

Article L145-40-2

…of charges, taxes and fees relating to this lease, including an indication of how they are divided between the lessor and the lessee. This inventory gives rise to an annual summary statement sent by…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6a : Inventory of fixtures, rental charges and taxes

Article L145-40-1

…f the conclusion of a lease, transfer of the right to lease, transfer or gratuitous transfer of the business and when the premises are returned, an inventory of fixtures is drawn up jointly and amicab…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 7: Termination

Article L145-46-1

…remises used for commercial or craft purposes plans to sell the premises, he must inform the tenant by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, or by hand delivery against receipt or acknowl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-40-1

…al years, the performance of which continued during the last financial year, are examined each year by the Board of Directors and communicated to the statutory auditor, if any, for the purposes of dra…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-2-4

A single act of representation constitutes the process by which, for the purpose of representation to the public, a broadcasting organisation, from the national territory or the territory of another M…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-5-4

I.-In application of 12° of article L. 122-5, and subject to the provisions of II and III of this article, the performance or reproduction of extracts of works may be made without the authors' authori…

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