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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R431-16-3

…arried out under Article L. 431-9 and one account for transactions carried out under Article L. 431-10. Each of these accounts shows details of all provisions, income, expenses, losses and profits rel…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-10

…greement on the European Economic Area. Pursuant to Articles 4 and 14 of Council Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 of 15 October 2013, credit institution authorisation is granted by the European Central Ba…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Service regulations and pricing

Article L2224-12-1

…poses, being able to constitute a category of user. The local authorities referred to in article L. 2224-12 are required to put an end, before 1 January 2008, to any provision or stipulation to the co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation to set up within a reference area

Article R761-12-4

…ed, the prefect will send a copy of the first part of the application, as defined in article R. 761-12-1, to the manager of the market of national interest, with a view to finding out whether it has t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Commission du contentieux du stationnement payant (Pay parking disputes commission)

Article L2333-87-10

The provisions of article 10 of law no. 91-647 of 10 July 1991 relating to legal aid are not applicable to appeals submitted to the commission du contentieux du stationnement payant.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Reorganisation measures for companies whose registered office is located in a Member State of the European Union

Article R323-12

…a participation whose valuation, in accordance with Article 13 of Commission Regulation 2015/35 of 10 October 2014, corresponds to the net value of the share of the trust assets on which the liabilit…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2a: Provisions applicable to certain breaches of the Highway Code

Article 529-10

When the fixed fine notice concerning one of the offences mentioned in article L. 121-3 of the Highway Code has been sent to the holder of the registration certificate or to the persons referred to in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition

Article L612-10

…tivity that they have exercised in the two years preceding their appointment, that they exercise or may exercise in the future; and 3° any office held in a legal entity during the two years preceding…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Mergers involving joint stock companies or limited liability companies

Article L236-10

…subject to the incompatibilities with regard to the participating companies set out in Article L. 822-11-3, draw up, under their responsibility, a written report on the terms of the merger.The merger…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Extending the stay of students and researchers

Article L422-10

…ary or multi-annual residence permit bearing the word "student" issued on the basis of articles L. 422-1, L. 422-2 or L. 422-6 and have obtained a diploma from a nationally accredited higher education…

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