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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-23-1

…e death and becoming aware of the beneficiary's details, or at the end of the term of the contract, to ask the beneficiary of the life insurance contract to provide all the documents required for paym…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-21-1

…ue and for all capitalisation policies, the surrender or transfer value, where applicable, is equal to the difference between the current value of the commitments made by the insurer and the policyhol…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-17-2

Subsidiaries or holdings that are exclusively or jointly controlled or over which significant influence is exercised are included in the consolidation.Significant influence over the management and fin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-28-1

…I of Article L. 232-6, draws up, publishes and makes available, at the request of the board of directors, the management board or the managers, the report relating to the tax on profits provided for i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: COMMUNE SECTION

Article L2411-12-2

The transfer to the municipality of all or part of the property, rights and obligations of a section may be pronounced by the State representative in the department, at the request of the municipal co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies.

Article R233-16-2

For the purposes of preparing the income tax report referred to in Article L. 233-28-1, where the consolidating company and one of the controlled companies included in the consolidation, in accordance…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article L321-23-1

A magistrate from the judiciary is appointed to perform the duties of Government Commissioner to the Conseil des maisons de vente. The Government commissioner is assisted by a person who has not been…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: The Trade and Companies Register

Article R123-166-2

The application file for approval includes: 1° In the case of a sole proprietorship, a declaration stating its name, its activity, its address, the address of its secondary establishments and the civi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 16: Interventional cardiology imaging procedures

Article D6124-184-2

…onal activity using medical imaging in cardiology may only be granted if the equipment is connected to a system for archiving and sharing images in order to improve the quality of care and the relevan…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Remuneration.

Article D6152-23-1

…uty or working periods in excess of weekly service obligations:a) hardship allowances corresponding to the time worked, as part of the weekly service obligations, at night, on Saturday afternoons, Sun…

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