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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose

Article L515-4

Mutual guarantee companies may be set up between traders, industrialists, manufacturers, craftsmen, commercial companies and members of the liberal professions. Their purpose is to guarantee their mem…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L532-28

…The AIFM established in a third country is the AIFM which is not established in the European Union;5° A branch of an AIFM is a place of business which is part of the AIFM without having legal persona…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2141-2

…ion by mutual consent in accordance with the procedures set out in article 229-1 of the Civil Code; 5° Cessation of cohabitation;6° Written revocation of the consent provided for in the third paragrap…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L4211-1

…spensing to the public of the medicinal products, products and articles mentioned in 1°, 2° and 3°; 5° The sale of medicinal plants listed in the pharmacopoeia, subject to exemptions established by de…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum solvency margin requirement

Article R334-19

The minimum required solvency margin for undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-3-2 and authorised to operate simultaneously in at least two or more classes mentioned either in 1 and 2 or in 20 to…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Governance system

Article R385-16-1

…cluding a description of the recovery plan referred to in V of Article R. 441-7-4 where applicable; 5° An assessment of the risks to which members and beneficiaries may be exposed with regard to the p…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General procedural rules

Article R321-26

…ocuments on which the application is based ;4° The name and address of the other parties implicated;5° Any elements that may justify the steps that the author of the request has previously taken with…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article R612-2

The application may be filed by the applicant personally or by a representative whose domicile, registered office or place of business is in a Member State of the European Union or in a State party to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Assessment and collection of taxes

Article 1657

1. The assessment bases for direct taxes are rounded to the nearest euro; the fraction of a euro equal to 0.50 is counted as 1.The bases for property tax and council tax on second homes and other furn…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: RIGHT TO PERMANENT RESIDENCE

Article R234-4

…ional disease entitling the person concerned to a pension payable by a social security organisation;5° After three years of regular and continuous activity and residence, in order to exercise a profes…

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