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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Governance system

Article R354-4-1

…irectors or the Supervisory Board, on all matters relating to compliance with the laws, regulations and administrative provisions governing the taking up and pursuit of the business of insurance and r…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Governance system

Article R354-2-4

Where insurance and reinsurance undertakings use external credit assessments for the calculation of prudential technical provisions and the Solvency Capital Requirement, they shall, as part of their r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement of proceedings.

Article L621-4-1

The court shall appoint at least a second judicial administrator and a second judicial representative in the judgment opening proceedings against a debtor where the latter: 1° Has a number of secondar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-1-4

As an exception to the provisions of Article L. 822-1-3, a statutory audit firm duly approved in a Member State of the European Union may be registered on the list mentioned in I of Article L. 822-1.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Commission du contentieux du stationnement payant (Pay parking disputes commission)

Article L2333-87-4

Decisions of the Commission du contentieux du stationnement payant are handed down by the chairman of the commission or by a magistrate appointed by him, who rules alone. The chairman of the commissio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L3441-4-1

…is term of office, draw up a regional cooperation framework programme specifying the nature, object and scope of the international commitments that he proposes to negotiate, in compliance with the int…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: General provisions

Article L4221-4-1

When the regions, their groupings and their public establishments make amicable property acquisitions in accordance with the rules of civil law, or when the acquisition takes place by auction, the not…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General rules

Article L5211-4-3

…tax status may acquire assets that it shares with its member communes in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in a regulation for their availability, including for the exercise by the com…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General rules

Article L5211-4-1

…by the transfer of competencies, due to the partial nature of the latter.Territorial civil servants and non-tenured territorial agents who carry out all of their duties in a service or part of a servi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-9-4

…one of the actions mentioned in the first paragraph of this article is initiated in a third country and is based on one of the grounds mentioned in the same 1° to 5°, the marketing authorisation holde…

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