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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title IV: Building insurance

Article A243-3

…act taken out by an individual taxable person, the insurance certificate provided for in Article L. 243-2 must bear the words "Attestation d'assurance" (Insurance certificate) and the words "Assurance…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Single registration

Article R546-3

…ntrôle prudentiel et de résolution pursuant to 6° of I of Article L. 612-41, or by the Autorité des marchés financiers pursuant to a of III of Article L. 621-15. If the registered person can no longer…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Products whose sale in bulk is prohibited

Article D120-7

…7° Food supplements, in accordance with the provisions of Article 1 of Decree No. 2006-352 of 20 March 2006 on food supplements; 8° Frozen products, in accordance with the provisions of Article 4 o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Pension

Article L211-33

Financial securities received under a repurchase agreement are not recorded on the transferee's balance sheet; the transferee records the amount of its receivable from the transferor as an asset.When…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bonds issued by associations.

Article L213-13

The interest rate stipulated in the issue contract may not be higher than the average bond market rate for the quarter preceding the issue, plus a remuneration defined by order of the Minister for the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 6: Access to the cinema

Article L212-28

In order to grant the authorisation provided for in article L. 212-27, the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée must ensure, on the basis of measurable economic data, in par…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Definition

Article L1121-1

A concession contract is a contract by which one or more conceding authorities subject to this code entrust the execution of works or the management of a service to one or more economic operators, to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-43-1

This article applies to companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market established or operating in a Member State of the European Union. An electronic confirmation of receipt of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Exclusive right of exploitation

Article L613-5

The rights conferred by the patent do not extend: a) To acts performed in a private context and for non-commercial purposes; b) To acts performed on an experimental basis which relate to the subject m…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Budgetary and accounting system

Article R232-35

All expenditure must be liquidated and authorised during the financial year to which it relates. The Agency's expenditure shall be settled by the Accounting Officer by order of the President of the Ag…

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