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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Guarantee undertaking

Article R7123-27

The guarantee provided for in article L. 7123-20 may only be given by a collective guarantee body, an insurance company, a bank or a financial institution authorised to give guarantees where this body…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Emergency rehousing fund

Article D2335-22

Subsidies are awarded to beneficiaries by order of the State representative in the department.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Investment ratios

Article R214-21

I. - A UCITS may not invest more than : 1° 5% of its assets in eligible financial instruments or money market instruments issued by the same issuer ; 2° 20% of its assets in eligible financial securit…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article L322-27

…lication of this article and shall define the operations referred to in article L. 310-1 which they may be authorised to carry out; their membership may be limited to persons exercising an agricultura…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Administrative decisions

Article 27-2

Decrees granting acquisition, naturalisation or reinstatement may be revoked with the assent of the Conseil d'Etat within two years of their publication in the Journal officiel if the applicant does n…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Appeals

Article D45-29

…d letter with acknowledgement of receipt, by a secure means of telecommunication in accordance with 21° of Article D. 591 or by declaration to the Public Prosecutor's office against receipt, this magi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Possibilities for grouping company pension savings plans

Article L224-27

Notwithstanding article L. 224-20, when a collective company retirement savings plan is set up, the company may decide, under the conditions mentioned in article L. 224-14, to set up compulsory paymen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article R223-22

In the event of a written consultation, the text of the proposed resolutions and the documents required to inform the members shall be sent to each member by registered letter. The members shall have…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Legal proceedings

Article L623-27

Any person having standing to bring an infringement action may apply to the competent civil court for summary proceedings in order to obtain an order, if necessary subject to a fine, against the alleg…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-25

…nt and manage pollution in the short term. The person responsible for the bathing water informs the mayor and the director general of the regional health agency as soon as they become aware of situati…

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