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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article L322-27-2

…insurance and reinsurance companies or with the instructions given by the central body, the latter may dismiss the general manager of the member in question. The central body may also, on the same gr…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Appeal procedures

Article L743-22

The appeal does not have suspensive effect.However, the public prosecutor may ask the first president of the court of appeal or his delegate to declare his appeal suspensive when it appears to him tha…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 9: Reimbursement of a payment transaction ordered by the payee or by the payer who gives a payment order via the payee

Article L133-25

…on exceeds the amount that the payer could reasonably have expected in accordance with I, the payer may not invoke reasons relating to an exchange transaction if the reference exchange rate agreed wit…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to the implementation of a resolution measure

Article L311-27

The Resolution Board may recover sums corresponding to the amount of any justified expenses incurred for the implementation of one or more resolution measures. These expenses must have been reasonable…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Filing of international applications

Article L614-21

Before the end of either of the periods mentioned in the last paragraph of article L. 614-20, the prohibitions provided for in the said article may be extended, at the request of the Minister of Defen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-25

…N THE ENTITY Introduction 1. Pursuant to the provisions of article L. 823-14, the statutory auditor may obtain any information relevant to the performance of his duties from third parties who have car…

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

Article 232-27

…nted for establishments that hold at least five film screenings per week. By way of derogation, aid may be granted to establishments with a lower level of activity, particularly those operating on a s…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Common provisions

Article L521-27

…he measures, including those drawn up or collected in the context of the investigation of offences, may be communicated to the person to whom the measures provided for in this chapter are addressed..

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 8: Relations with the State representative.

Article L4132-27

…means of a special report, of the activity of the State services in the region. This special report may give rise to a debate in the presence of the representative of the State.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Compensatory benefits.

Article 276-1

…alimony. The amount of the annuity before indexation is fixed uniformly for its entire duration or may vary by successive periods according to the likely changes in resources and needs.

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