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

Article R441-7-1

…he special technical reversal provision are recorded in the balance sheet referred to in Article R. 441-12 at their realisable value, determined in accordance with Articles R. 343-11 and R. 343-12. Th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment terms

Article L441-11

…reduce the maximum payment period set in the second, third and fourth paragraphs of I of Article L. 441-10. They may also propose to use the date of receipt of the goods or performance of the requeste…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Logistical penalties

Article L441-17

I.-The contract may provide for penalties to be imposed on the supplier in the event of non-performance of contractual commitments. It must allow for a sufficient margin of error in relation to the vo…

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

Article R441-15

The number of participants, including non-contributors and retirees, in an agreement may not be less than 1,000.This number must be reached within three years of the agreement coming into force.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article L441-6-1

Articles L. 436-10 to L. 436-13 are applicable to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon in the wording resulting from the law no. 2022-1726 of 30 December 2022 on finances for 2023.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R441-2-1

Where the agreement provides for the possibility of a reduction in the value of the annuity unit, this reduction may only occur where the ratio between, on the one hand, the sum of the special technic…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L441-3-1

For all operations governed by this chapter, the policyholder is required to inform the member each year of: 1° The amount of the premium or contribution paid for membership during the year ; 2° The a…

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

Article L423-1

…apitalisation contracts covering personal injury, or those provided for in articles L. 143-1 and L. 441-1.Insurance contracts, capitalisation bonds or contracts and contracts referred to in article L.…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific technical provisions the popular retirement savings plan

Article R144-18

…nsisting in the constitution of savings converted into an annuity; 3° A plan governed by article L. 441-1 of this Code or byarticle L. 222-1 of the Mutual Code; 4° A plan governed by Chapter IV of Tit…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIIc: Tax on precious metals, jewellery, works of art, collectors' items and antiques

Article 150 VJ

…made to a museum that has been awarded the "musée de France" designation provided for in article L. 441-1 du code du patrimoine ou d'un musée d'une collectivité territoriale ; 2° Les cessions réalisée…

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