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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R355-4

…L. 612-24 of the Monetary and Financial Code, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may limit or exempt insurance or reinsurance undertakings from the regular provision of line-by-line…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Information and documents to be submitted with the tender

Article R2351-15

Where the purchaser lays down requirements relating to security of supply, he may in particular request, in the consultation documents, that the tenderer's tender include: 1° certification or document…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to partnerships limited by shares

Article L22-10-77

…shall decide on a draft resolution relating to the information mentioned in I of Article L. 22-10-9. Where the draft resolution referred to in the previous paragraph is not approved, the Supervisory…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to socio-judicial supervision

Article R61-33

…der mobile electronic surveillance, pursuant to the fourth paragraph of article 763-3, this measure may only concern an adult who is still in prison either following the initial conviction, or because…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Harvesting haematopoietic cells collected from bone marrow or peripheral blood from a donor of full age who is the subject of a legal protection measure with representation relating to the person

Article R1241-8

…The committee draws up its opinion under the conditions set out in articles R. 1231-8 and R. 1231-9. It asks the doctor who has indicated the need for the transplant to provide proof that every effo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for registration on the list of statutory auditors

Article D822-7-1

…amily Code) benefit from the accommodations made necessary by their situation. These accommodations may relate to : a) The conditions under which the tests are held, to enable candidates to benefit fr…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L131-1

…tract.In the case of life insurance or capitalisation operations, the guaranteed capital or annuity may be expressed in units of account made up of transferable securities or assets offering sufficien…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement of proceedings.

Article L621-4

…ening judgment, the court appoints the official receiver whose duties are defined in article L. 621-9. It may, if necessary, appoint more than one. The president of the court, if he has dealt with the…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Liens and mortgages, subrogation.

Article 379 bis

…d by private law, even if they are not merchants, in respect of the claims listed in 1 of article 379, shall be disclosed in accordance with the conditions set out in 2 to 5.2. Publication is made at…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Managing Director

Article R411-17

…8° Authorising the Agency's revenue and expenditure and appointing secondary authorising officers; 9° Examining applications, allocating aid for social tourism and leisure facilities and the actions…

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