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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Information to be provided to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution.

Article L355-2

…ask insurance and reinsurance undertakings and the undertakings referred to in I of Article L. 356-21 to provide him with any information relating to contracts held by intermediaries or contracts ent…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies.

Article R233-10

…e prepared using, in addition to the valuation methods provided for in articles L. 123-18 to L. 123-21, the valuation methods laid down by a regulation of the Autorité des normes comptables. Assets he…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Supervision of groups on a consolidated basis

Article R613-4-1

Where the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution delegates, pursuant to Article L. 613-21-6, its responsibility for the supervision of a subsidiary to the competent authorities that have aut…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Replacement

Article R5125-43

…e pharmacy of a deceased pharmacist proprietor open under the conditions set out in article L. 5125-21. He is chosen from the categories of pharmacists provided for in 1°, a of 2° and 3° of article R.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGET AND ACCOUNTS

Article L2311-1-1

…elopment objectives set out in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted on 25 September 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly. The content of this report, which includes in particula…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article D49-24

…ion to carry out an expert assessment of sentenced persons covered by the provisions of Article 712-21, the sentence enforcement judge or court may, in accordance with the provisions of Article D. 574…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nationals of a Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area wishing to settle in France

Article R222-27

Recognition of qualification enables the person concerned to obtain a sports agent's licence without having undergone the examination mentioned in article R. 222-14 or followed the prior training ment…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Use of labels

Article R2111-13

…he economic operator to hold a particular label if it meets the conditions laid down in articles R. 2111-14 and R. 2111-15.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1397-2

Where the spouses designate the law applicable to their matrimonial property regime by virtue of the Convention on the Law Applicable to Matrimonial Property Regimes, done at The Hague on 14 March 197…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Termination by agreement

Article D1237-3-1

The request for approval of the termination agreement provided for in article L. 1237-14 is made by teleservice. Where a party indicates to the competent administrative authority that it is unable to…

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