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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Intervention by the fund in the event of the withdrawal of an insurance undertaking's administrative authorisation

Article L421-9

…Financial Code, except for policies taken out on behalf of a borrower, a client or their employees;5° Insuring legal entities and natural persons who are policyholders, members or beneficiaries, in r…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Income tax deducted at source

Article 204 G

…eduction of any property losses that may be deducted in accordance with 3° of the I of Article 156 ;5° Pour les pensions alimentaires, les rentes viagères à titre onéreux, les revenus mentionnés à l'a…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter V: Defence or security contracts

Article L2515-1

…r other equally sensitive activities carried out by internal security forces or by the armed forces;5° Concluded by virtue of the procedure specific to an international organisation and within the fra…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Departmental committee for psychiatric care.

Article L3223-1

…to Chapters II to IV of Title I of this Book or Article 706-135 of the Code of Criminal Procedure; 5° Visits the establishments referred to in Article L. 3222-1, checks the information contained in t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Technical provisions for other insurance operations

Article R343-7

…arisen and that are expected to arise between now and the expiry of the ten-year limitation period; 5° Provision for increasing risks : A provision that may be required for insurance operations agains…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 775

…icle 131-26 and to articles 131-26-1and 131-26-2 of the same code, for the duration of the measure; 5° Convictions for which a pardon has been granted by operation of law or by the courts; 6° Convicti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Information system for the personal training account and the individual right to training for local elected representatives

Article R6323-37

…in the guidance, training and skills passport mentioned in the last paragraph of Article L. 6323-8; 5° Implementation and management of the prevention passport mentioned in Article L. 4141-5. The list…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 312-17

…ime is between 8 and 25 minutes and €25,000 where the estimated running time is at least 26 minutes;5° Where concept support has already been granted for the same project, the amount of this support i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Tasks

Article R4021-7

…social establishments as part of the priority multi-annual guidelines defined in article L. 4021-2;5° Promote the continuing professional development system and inform organisations and structures li…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 terdecies

1 (Repealed)1 bis (Repealed for royalties taken into account from 1 January 2002 in the results of grantors and concessionaires).1 ter. The long-term capital gains or losses regime is not applicable t…

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