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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R322-120-1

In the event of the dismissal of a general manager or the collective dismissal of the members of the board of directors of an entity in the network as referred to in III and IV of Article L. 322-27-2,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Informing the person entered in the file

Article R53-8-12

In the case of placement under judicial supervision as provided for in 5° of Article 706-53-2, informing the person and providing the document provided for in Article R. 53-8-9 are made by the investi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions specific to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article L632-12-1

Notwithstanding the provisions of Law no. 68-678 of 26 July 1968 relating to the disclosure of economic, commercial, industrial, financial or technical documents and information to foreign natural or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 2: Sole traders with limited liability.

Article R123-121-2

…ividual limited liability entrepreneur shall, where applicable, file, in accordance with Article R. 123-102, the descriptive statement provided for in I of Article L. 526-8 as well as, where applicabl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Other provisions.

Article R662-12-1

The note by which the president of the court informs the public prosecutor, in accordance with articles L. 631-3-1 or L. 640-3-1, is communicated to the latter by the court registrar. Where applicable…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 2: Sole traders with limited liability.

Article R123-121-3

…ubsequent to the creation of the assigned assets, are filed in the forms provided for in article R. 123-102 and within one month of the assignment or withdrawal. The Registrar shall send a copy of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions relating to interruptions of pregnancy by instrumental methods

Article R2212-12-2

In the event of serious adverse events during terminations of pregnancy, the health centre shall inform the Regional Health Agency within eight days. Each year, the health centre sends the regional he…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-123-15

After it has been issued, the parallel import authorisation is suspended or withdrawn by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4a: Levy on income from capitalisation bonds or contracts

Article 125-0 A

…the Insurance Code mentioned in I, with a term of eight years or more, subscribed before 1 January 2005 and whose unit of account is the unit or share of an undertaking for collective investment in t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company

Article L23-10-12

This section shall not apply: 1° In the event of the sale of the shareholding to a spouse, ascendant or descendant; 2° To companies that are the subject of conciliation, safeguard, receivership or liq…

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