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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article Annexe art. A132-4

…oup contract with optional membership, by the member, indication of the main characteristics, which may be validly carried out by providing the key information document or the specific information doc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article Annexe article A43-6-2

…ure of procedure and technique used Reference to the social security key letter (value as at 1 July 2017) (1) Coefficient Rounded metropolitan rate excl. VAT 1° Research and determination of ethanol i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Protection of the account holder

Article L211-10

…account holders concerned on a financial security by financial security basis; the account holders may have the securities returned to them transferred to a securities account held by another interme…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Operating conditions

Article L424-2

…l also set the conditions for admission of members in accordance with the provisions of Article L. 424-5.The rules of the system and any amendments thereto shall be approved by the Autorité des marché…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Tax base

Article 972 bis

…of the Monetary and Financial Code; 2° General-purpose investment funds mentioned in article L. 214-24-24 of the same code, private equity funds mentioned in article L. 214-27 of the said code, funds…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Supervision on a consolidated basis by a competent authority of another Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L613-21-3

…III. - In the cases provided for in I or II, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may, in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Referral to and decision by the court.

Article R641-8

…812-2, L. 814-5, L. 814-10, the last paragraph of II of article L. 641-1, articles L. 641-8, R. 814-24 and R. 814-38, if the liquidator is a person chosen on the basis of the first paragraph of II of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY, SAINT-MARTIN AND SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article L741-3

…re; 3° Articles L. 221-18 to L. 221-23 relating to the plan d'épargne populaire; 4° Articles L. 221-24 to L. 221-26-1 relating to the livret jeune; 5° Article L. 221-27 relating to the livret d'épargn…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-26

…6-20 to R. 356-20-3, the Solvency Capital Requirement of a subsidiary referred to in Article R. 356-24 is calculated in accordance with the provisions of this Article. II.When the Solvency Capital Req…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for holding office as mayor, deputy mayor, municipal councillor and arrondissement councillor

Article L2511-33

…2123-8, L. 2123-9, L. 2123-12 à L. 2123-15, II and III of article L. 2123-20, II of article L. 2123-24, the III of article L. 2123-24-1, the articles L. 2123-25 to L. 2123-29, L. 2123-31 to L. 2123-35…

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