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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Illegal businesses

Article R352-34-1

When the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution temporarily suspends, restricts or prohibits the free disposal of all or part of the assets of an insurance undertaking, pursuant to 4° of Art…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Approval of sectoral collective agreements

Article L7343-50

The procedure for approval of a sectoral agreement is initiated by the Employment Platforms Social Relations Authority, at the request of one of the organisations mentioned in Articles L. 7343-4 and L…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Qualifications required

Article A321-19

Admission is decided by the selection board if the average of the marks obtained by the candidate in all the eligibility and admission tests is equal to or higher than 10 out of 20.The mark obtained i…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General-purpose investment funds.

Article D214-32-31

…ng has set up a mechanism to ensure that the price of these shares or units does not deviate significantly from a reference value set by the rules of the regulated market in question. The AMF assesses…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and central counterparties

Article L613-33-3

…ell as of the provisions of general interest within the meaning of Article L. 511-24 which are applicable to them. It exercises over these institutions the supervisory and sanctioning powers defined i…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-15

Under conditions specified by decree of the Conseil d'Etat, the prefect of the département or, in Paris, the prefect of the police, shall communicate to sports associations and companies and to approv…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Submission and processing of applications

Article L612-16-1

An applicant who has not complied with the priority period instituted by Article 4 of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property in respect of the National Institute of Industrial…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1a: On the transmission and enforcement of confiscation orders pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1805 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 on the mutual recognition of freezing orders and confiscation orders

Article 713-35-1

For the application of Regulation (EU) 2018/1805 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 on the mutual recognition of freezing orders and confiscation orders, the competent a…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Specific measures applicable to products, services and establishments

Article L521-13

…article L. 521-12 before the set deadline, the administrative authority may have this done automatically at the expense of the operator. The sum deposited shall be used to pay the expenses thus incur…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 770-1

…n no. 1 of his criminal record, he may apply to the criminal court of his place of residence, or of Paris if he resides abroad, to have this entry removed. The application may only be brought before t…

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