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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Operating conditions.

Article L362-3

Any insurance undertaking whose registered office is located in the territory of a Member State of the European Union other than France and which provides cover in the territory of the French Republic…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative approval

Article L382-3

I. - Where a supplementary occupational pension fund expressly renounces its authorisation by undertaking not to underwrite any new contracts, does not make use of its authorisation within one year of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Compensation for victims of acts of terrorism and other offences.

Article L422-3

…te, the civil court, if the events giving rise to the loss or damage have given rise to criminal proceedings, is not obliged to stay the proceedings until the criminal court has reached a final decisi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 2: Solvency requirements

Article L385-3

…ability to meet their commitments to their policyholders, members and participants, particularly in certain scenarios representing deteriorated market conditions.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L381-3

…n funds must be set up in the form of a public limited company (société anonyme) or a mutual insurance company (société d'assurance mutuelle) and must comply with the rules governing their formation a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfers between supplementary occupational pension funds

Article L384-3

…their portfolio of contracts to one or more supplementary occupational pension funds, mutual insurance companies or supplementary occupational pension unions referred to in Article L. 214-1 of the Fre…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Services provided by an institution for occupational retirement provision established in another Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L370-3

…el et de résolution, informed by the competent authorities of the State in which the registered office or principal place of business of the institution referred to in Article L. 370-1 is located of t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L421-3

…ters and to recovery costs.When the guarantee fund settles with the victim, this settlement is enforceable against the person responsible for the damage, except for the latter's right to contest befor…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Other conditions of access and practice.

Article L512-3

I.-When they are registered or renew their registration, insurance or reinsurance intermediaries and insurance intermediaries acting on an ancillary basis are required to provide the body that keeps t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Compulsory sickness, invalidity and maternity insurance scheme for farmers and their self-employed family members (AMEXA).

Article L442-3

In accordance with Articles L. 731-30 and L. 731-32 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, persons subject to the compulsory sickness, invalidity and maternity insurance scheme for farmers and…

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