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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Organisation

Article L2511-28

The arrondissement may delegate under the conditions provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 2122-18 et l'article L. 2122-20.In the cases provided for in Article L. 2122-17, the borough mayo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia.

Article L936-8

For the application of articles L. 622-24, L. 622-26, L. 625-4, L. 626-5, L. 626-20, L. 631-18, L. 641-14 and L. 662-4, the institutions mentioned in article L. 143-11-4 of the Labour Code are the New…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L3512-1

…ucts other than those mentioned in the second paragraph and which are placed on the market after 19 May 2014.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R355-11

Insurance or reinsurance undertakings may decide to publish in the report referred to in Article L. 355-5 any information or explanations relating to their solvency and financial position other than t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R356-58

…parent undertakings referred to respectively in the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 356-2 may decide to publish in the report referred to in Article L. 356-23 any information or explanations…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Revenue

Article L2564-25

Sont applicables à Mayotte à compter du 1er janvier 2014 : 1° Les articles L. 2334-4 à L. 2334-6 ; 2° La section II of Chapter IV of Title III of Book III of this Part.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Determination of the debtor's assets.

Article R624-17

For the application of the second paragraph of article L. 622-20, the mandataire judiciaire shall give formal notice to the defaulting member or shareholder by registered letter with acknowledgement o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title I: Rules common to non-marine damage insurance and life and health insurance

Article A111-5

…s this is justified by the data referred to in article L. 111-7 , the taking into account of gender may result in differences in premiums and benefits proportionate to the risks in respect of insuranc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Common provisions

Article R40-40

The implementation of the judicial reconciliation software mentioned in articles 230-20 et seq is authorised, for each procedure that it controls, by the magistrate in charge of the investigation or i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Undertakings for collective real estate investment.

Article R214-99

…14-92 made with the same credit institution by an undertaking for collective real estate investment may not represent more than 20% of its assets. This ratio does not apply to term deposits made with…

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