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Showing 38313840 of 8998 articles for Art. BOI-RFPI-BASE-20-50 n° 20

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-2-2

…nt undertakings of groups subject to supervision on a consolidated basis pursuant to Article L. 613-20-1 shall ensure that the systems, strategies and procedures referred to in the first paragraph tha…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Concerted exercise of powers

Article L1111-9-2

…ncils mentioned in the first paragraph of this I within three months of the promulgation of the loi n° 2023-630 du 20 juillet 2023 visant à faciliter la mise en œuvre des objectifs de lutte contre l'a…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Specific part

Article A212-125

…tten test covering all aspects of high-level practice in the sports option concerned (marked out of 20; duration: three hours; coefficient 2); - an oral test covering the organisation and national and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R285

Article R. 50-28 is worded as follows: "Art. R. 50-28.-The two-month period provided for in Article R. 50-17 is increased by one month for persons who do not live in the collectivity or New Caledonia…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article 142-12

…se house arrest with electronic surveillance in the cases provided for by articles 135-2, 145, 148, 201, 221-3, 272-1, 397-3, 695-34 et 696-19. This measure may be lifted, maintained, modified or revo…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L212-11

…articles L. 111-19 et L. 111-20 du code de l'urbanisme.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Recovery and control

Article L115-21

The penalties mentioned in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Common provisions

Article 530-4

…n grant time limits or issue a decision for partial or total remission, where applicable applying a 20% reduction to the sums due, in accordance with l'article 707-4.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Guarantee fund for policyholders against the failure of life and health insurance companies.

Article R423-2

…subscribers to contracts, members and beneficiaries of benefits relating to insurance classes 1, 2, 20 to 26 defined in Article R. 321-1 subscribed with companies that are members of the policyholders…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Explanations provided to borrowers and assessment of their creditworthiness

Article R313-17

The property valuation expert mentioned in 1° of article L. 313-20 is: 1° Either an external appraiser, a natural or legal person, who is an appraisal expert with no ties to the lender, whether subord…

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