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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Compensation for unpaid claims.

Article R663-50

…the opening of compulsory liquidation proceedings under the conditions provided for in articles L. 645-9 and L. 645-12, the indemnity provided for in articles L. 663-3 and R. 663-41 is paid to the jud…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions

Article D594-5

…uch persons shall be assisted during the hearing, as well as in the case provided for in article D. 594-3, for their interviews with their lawyer, by a sign language interpreter or by any qualified pe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Obstetrics, neonatology, neonatal resuscitation.

Article D6124-54

In order to avoid separating mother and child, neonatal care and monitoring of children who do not require intensive care or resuscitation may be carried out in their mother's room, if the premises an…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-27

…of non-compliance with the Solvency Capital Requirement of a subsidiary referred to in Article R. 356-24 and without prejudice to the provisions of Article L. 352-7, the Autorité de contrôle prudenti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Provisions relating to the establishment of an asset management structure

Article L613-54-2

The provisions of the second paragraph of Article L. 613-52, of II of Article L. 613-52-2, of Article L. 613-52-3, of V of Article L. 613-53 and of I of Article L. 613-53-1 shall apply when an asset m…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Provisions relating to the establishment of an asset management structure

Article L613-54-1

I. - Any property, right or obligation acquired by the asset management vehicle may be transferred back to its original owner. Except where the transferee is a bridge institution, this transfer does n…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Common obligations

Article 537

…ister must be presented to the public authorities at any requisition. However, for transactions of €15,000 or more that involve investment gold as defined in 2 of article 298 sexdecies A, the register…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: "Sports performance" speciality

Article A212-56

…r.In the two units (UC) of the specialisation :-UC 3: Manage a training system in a discipline ;-UC 4: Supervise the discipline defined in the qualification in safety.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: "Sports performance" speciality

Article A212-54

…essional reference framework and the certification reference framework mentioned in articles D. 212-53 and D. 212-54 appear in annexes II-3-1 and II-4-1 respectively.When the training is followed as p…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: "Sports performance" speciality

Article A212-57

…ion by the candidate lasting a maximum of 20 minutes, followed by an interview lasting a maximum of 40 minutes, which enables the jury mentioned in article R. 212-10-1 to verify the acquisition of ski…

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