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

Article L3223-1

…3211-12 of this Code, the lifting of the psychiatric care measure to which this person is subject; 8° Rule on the conditions of access to the information mentioned in article L. 1111-7 of any person…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Governance of the plan

Article R144-5

…taken, pursuant to the provisions of II, VIII, IX and XII of article L. 144-2 and articles R. 144-8 and R. 144-14, by the general meeting of members of the plans and by the supervisory committees of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-3

…asis by the Autorité de contrôle et des mutuelles :1° 65% for all the securities mentioned in 4° to 8° and 9° quinquies of Article R. 332-2 and the loans mentioned in the third paragraph of 1° of Arti…

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

Article R356-23

…ted act of the Commission adopted pursuant to paragraphs 4 and 5 of Article 227 of Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 (Solvency II). If no delegate…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R356-57-1

…not be able to submit to it a realistic short-term financing plan as referred to in article L. 352-8 or that the Authority does not obtain such a plan within one month of the date on which the deviat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Transfer of the business.

Article L642-2

…formance of the offer ; 7° Forecasts for asset disposals over the two years following the disposal; 8° The duration of each of the commitments made by the offeror; 9° The arrangements for financing th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: The regional and departmental chambers of commerce and industry of Ile-de-France

Article L711-3

…mbers of commerce and industry, they proceed, within the framework of 5° of the same Article L. 711-8, recruit the staff required for the proper functioning of their operational missions and manage th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Pre-contractual information for borrowers

Article R312-2

…d to finance the acquisition of a specific good or service, the good or service and its cash price; 8° In the case of hire purchase, a description of the goods hired and the price to be paid in the ev…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L766-2

…ords: "forty-eight hours", the words: "or three days outside the limits of Grande-Terre" are added; 8° In Article L. 741-10, the words: "or three days outside the limits of Grande-Terre" are added. 74…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 775

…6° Convictions to which the provisions of Article L. 263-4 of the code of military justice; 7° and 8° (Repealed); 9° Provisions pronouncing the deprivation of parental authority; 10° Repealed or repo…

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