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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Standard formula

Article R352-4

…n Article R. 352-5 ; b) The capital requirement for operational risk provided for in Article R. 352-8; c) The adjustment provided for in Article R. 352-9 to take account of the loss-absorbing capacity…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Commercial paper.

Article L512-3

The provisions of articles L. 511-2 to L. 511-5, L. 511-8 to L. 511-14, L. 511-18, L. 511-22 to L. 511-47, L. 511-49 to L. 511-55, L. 511-62 to L. 511-65, L. 511-67 to L. 511-71, L. 511-75 to L. 511-8…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1763 E

When the administration establishes that a company defined in Article 238 bis HE has not complied with the undertaking provided for in the second paragraph of paragraph 3 of Article 199 unvicies or on…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Financial organisation.

Article L6145-10

…d; in other cases, the revision is authorised under the conditions set out in articles 900-2 to 900-8 of the Civil Code.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Criminal court

Article R41-3-1

…res for objecting to the civil provisions of the order set out in article 495-3-1 and article R. 41-8. This information is also communicated to the civil party when the criminal order is served by the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Conduct of the procedure

Article R631-23

…R. 621-7 and mentioned in the registers provided for in the first four paragraphs of Article R. 621-8.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Compulsory expenditure

Article D2321-9

The sports teaching annexes referred to in article D. 2321-8 are either sports facilities integrated into the establishment and managed directly by the latter, or external facilities, whether contiguo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Categories of revenue

Article R2331-4

In application of 9° of article L. 2331-8, the temporary local surcharges levied under the conditions laid down by the law of 15 September 1942 relating to the levying of temporary local surcharges on…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article R2511-9

With regard to housing other than that referred to in article R. 2511-8 which is not managed directly by the municipality, organisations managing housing located in a borough or group of boroughs are…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article D49-15

…ed ten days before the date of the adversarial hearing provided for in articles 712-6,712-7 and 712-8 by registered letter if he or she is not imprisoned and by the prison registry otherwise. If he is…

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