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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6a: The equity savings plan for financing small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-cap companies

Article D221-113-2

…d under the plan in accordance with the Insurance Code are those that fall within class of business 24 of article R. 321-1 of that Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Re-identification and verification of the identity of the customer and the beneficial owner

Article R561-11-1

In the event of the transfer of a life insurance or capitalisation contract to a third party, the persons mentioned in 2° to 2°e and 3°a of Article L. 561-2, when they take note of the transfer or, wh…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Reinsurance.

Article R322-83

…tered letter sent to each member stating the reason for the approval sought at the meeting; in this case, any member has the right to terminate his commitment within three months of the date of the no…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Interrogations and confrontations

Article 116-1

In criminal matters, questioning of accused persons carried out in the chambers of the investigating judge, including questioning at first appearance and confrontations, shall be subject to audiovisua…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for issuing authorisations

Article R5139-11

…f premises intended to receive micro-organisms and toxins or products containing them, or any modification of the operations provided for in the authorisation, must first be the subject of a new appli…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Judgment on jurisdiction

Article 82

In the event of referral to a designated court, the case file shall be sent to it by the registry, together with a copy of the referral decision, in the absence of an appeal within the time limit.On r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: Business formalities centres

Article A123-11-1

…e single body referred to in Article R. 123-1 to the recipient bodies and competent authorities are carried out, pursuant to Article R. 123-7 and the conditions of form laid down by the provisions in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Referral to and decision by the court.

Article R621-8

The judgment opening the safeguard proceedings shall be mentioned together with an indication of the powers conferred on the administrator, where one has been appointed, in the register of commerce an…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Rendering of accounts and termination of guardianship.

Article 810-8

…this period has expired, in accordance with the forms prescribed in the first paragraph of Article 810-3.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Rights and obligations of undivided co-owners.

Article 815-8

Anyone who receives income or incurs expenses on behalf of the undivided interest must keep a statement thereof which is available to the undivided co-owners.

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