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Showing 46014610 of 47060 articles for Art. CJUE ord. 10-2-2022 aff. 191/21

French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A132-2

Undertakings carrying out the operations referred to in 1° of Article L. 310-1 and the supplementary occupational pension funds referred to in Article L. 381-1 may, under the conditions set out in Art…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Court reconciliation software

Article 230-22

Personal data that may be revealed by the exploitation of the enquiries and investigations mentioned in 1° of Article 230-20 shall be deleted when the investigation is closed and, in any event, on exp…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L561-2-2

For the purposes of this chapter, the beneficial owner is the natural person(s): 1° who ultimately controls, directly or indirectly, the customer ; 2° or for whom a transaction is executed or an activ…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules governing the devolution of surnames and customary names

Article 311-24-2

Any person of legal age may use one of the names provided for in the first and last paragraphs of article 311-21. With regard to minor children, this option is exercised by both parents exercising par…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Conditions for admission to the profession.

Article R511-2-2

When the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution assesses the good repute of the persons mentioned in Article L. 511-51 in accordance with Articles L. 511-10 or R. 511-3-1, it consults the ce…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article A160-2

Life insurance companies may, with the agreement of the beneficiary of the annuity and under the conditions specified in articles A. 160-3 and A. 160-4, redeem annuities and annuity increases relating…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Operating conditions

Article A743-2

The Caisse des dépôts et consignations provides a daily statement of account to the clerk of the commercial courts. This statement shows the mandatory deposit account number, the previous balance, the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Court reconciliation software

Article 230-25

Only the following may use the software covered by this chapter:1° Employees of the departments mentioned in article 230-20, individually designated and specially empowered, for the sole purposes of t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 231-25

The "heritage and repertoire" (PR) label is awarded in particular in consideration of the number of art house cinematographic works represented in the establishments, which are: 1° Either cinematograp…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Designation of witnesses.

Article 224

If the parties are unable to indicate from the outset the persons to be heard, the judge may nevertheless authorise them either to attend the enquiry without further formality with the witnesses they…

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