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Showing 45214530 of 44169 articles for Art. 4 Oct 1996 — RJDA 3/97 n° 431

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Information to be provided to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution.

Article L355-4

…nts set out in Articles L. 355-1, L. 355-2 and L. 355-3. Pursuant to the provisions of Article L. 354-1, they shall draw up written policies guaranteeing that the information which they communicate to…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Assets backing regulated commitments.

Article A332-4

…l investment fund has several sub-funds, the application of the rules mentioned in articles R. 332-14-2 and A. 332-3 of the Insurance Code is assessed on a sub-fund-by-sub-fund basis. An undertaking m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5421-4

Failure by any person exploiting a medicinal product or product to communicate any new information likely to influence the assessment of the benefits and risks of the medicinal product or product conc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operations.

Article R513-4

Loans secured by a charge on immovable property conferring an equivalent guarantee within the meaning of 1 of I of article L. 513-3 are loans secured by a charge which gives the creditor, regardless o…

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In force

Article Annexe 4-9

…ided by the professions concerned under the conditions set out in the third paragraph of article L. 444-1, the services listed below: 1° With regard to court-appointed administrators and judicial repr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Mutual legal assistance

Article 627-3

The execution on French territory of the precautionary measures referred to in Article 93(1)(k) of the Staff Regulations shall be ordered, at the advanced expense of the Treasury and in accordance wit…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title Ia: Electronically supervised home detention sentence

Article 713-47

…with the supervision and assistance measures, obligations or prohibitions mentioned in Article 131-4-1 of the Penal Code imposed on him, the sentence enforcement judge may, ex officio or at the reque…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: International trade mark

Article R717-4

…r a guarantee mark, it is also verified that the mark cannot be refused pursuant to Articles L. 715-4 and L. 715-9.The four-month period within which notifications of irregularity must be issued, in a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article L621-20-4

The minutes or reports of an investigation or any other document from criminal proceedings that is directly related to facts that may be submitted to the AMF Enforcement Committee for review may be di…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article L621-18-4

…the first paragraph of Article L. 621-18-3, the AMF shall report on the application of Articles L. 544-3 to L. 544-6 and may approve any recommendation it deems useful.

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