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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to insurance undertakings.

Article R322-5

French undertakings subject to State control under article L. 310-1 and constituted in the form of a société anonyme must have share capital, excluding contributions in kind, of at least 800,000 euros…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: OVERSEAS REGIONS

Article R4437-5

I. - For the application to Mayotte of article R. 4432-10, references to articles R. 4432-1 to R. 4432-7 are replaced by references to articles R. 4437-3 and R. 4437-4.II. - For the application to May…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-1

I. - The following shall be submitted to the director of the registry of the court that rendered the decision, approved the agreement or endorsed the future protection mandate:1° Applications for the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Courts for the enforcement of sentences

Article D49-81-5

The sentence enforcement court shall inform the victims who were civil parties at the time of the sentencing decision, by simple letter, that their opinion must be sought in accordance with 4° of Arti…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Application for approval

Article R212-54

The application for approval is accompanied by the following information: 1° The general subscription conditions for the package offered to the spectator; 2° The list of cinemas in which the package w…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Livret A passbook savings accounts.

Article R221-5

I. - Unless otherwise stipulated in this chapter, deposits, withdrawals and transfers between the Livret A passbook account and the holder's current account are carried out in accordance with the gene…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-5

The applicant must attach to the application for a plant variety certificate: 1° A declaration stating:-that the variety for which protection is sought constitutes to his knowledge a new variety withi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article LO6213-5

…titutional Council has found that a law promulgated after the entry into force of the loi organique n° 2007-223 du 21 février 2007 précitée est intervenue dans les matières ressortissant à la compéten…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article R645-5

I.-The court clerk shall attach to the copy of the judgment referred to in Article R. 645-4 a document reproducing the terms of II of this article, as well as: 1° Those of articles L. 645-4, L. 812-2,…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: RESIDENCE ASSIGNMENTS

Article L732-5

When house arrest has been imposed pursuant to 6°, 7° or 8° of article L. 731-3 or articles L. 731-4 or L. 731-5, the maximum period of six months provided for in article L. 732-4 does not apply.In th…

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