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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-20

I.-The undertakings referred to in the first paragraph of Article R. 356-8 may apply on behalf of the group and the related undertakings concerned to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résoluti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2. Movable and immovable property and rights

Article 150 VF

…r a right mentioned in Articles 150 U and 150 UB by a company or grouping that falls under Articles 8 to 8 ter, the income tax relating to the capital gain is due in proportion to the company rights h…

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

Article R441-7

…ed by assets which are subject to auxiliary allocation accounting as provided for in Article L. 441-8, in accordance with the conditions set out :a) Chapter III of Title V of Book III for the undertak…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Hosting of paper-based personal health data

Article R1111-16

If it is implemented, the hosting of personal health data on paper mentioned in article L. 1111-8 is entrusted to a natural person or legal entity benefiting from approval granted by the Minister for…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article R228-32-1

I.-The content of the information referred to in Article L. 228-29-7-1, in II and III of Article L. 228-29-7-2 and in Article L. 22-10-43-1, and the procedures for transmitting that information are sp…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: REFUGEE STATUS

Article L511-9

In the cases provided for in 1° and 2° of Article L. 511-8, where recognition of refugee status results from a decision of the Cour nationale du droit d'asile or the Conseil d'Etat, the matter may be…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 129

…and progress of the conciliation, under the conditions set out in Article 22-1 of Law no. 95-125 of 8 February 1995.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 1: Apprehension under an enforcement order

Article R222-1

…ovided for the application of article…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Rules for the award of specific contracts concluded on the basis of a dynamic purchasing system

Article R2162-49

…o the dynamic purchasing system to submit a tender under the conditions set out in Articles R. 2144-8 and R. 2144-9. Where the system is subdivided into categories of products, services or works, the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Packaging characteristics

Article L3512-20

…out prejudice to the provisions relating to the affixing of the distinguishing marks referred to in 8° of Article L. 311-39 of the French Goods and Services Tax Code and adopted pursuant to 3° of Arti…

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