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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The guarantee fund.

Article R334-15

…o operate one or more of the classes referred to in 20 to 28 of Articles R. 321-1 of this Code, R. 211-2 of the Mutual Code and R. 931-2-1 of the Social Security Code is equal to one third of the mini…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Additional tax on undeveloped property

Article 1519 I

…inter-municipal cooperation with their own taxation under the conditions provided for in articles 1379 and 1379-0 bis, for the following properties:1° quarries, slate quarries, sand pits;2° building p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 1: Declarations for registration purposes

Article A123-15

Sont déclarés dans la demande d'immatriculation d'une caisse d'épargne et de prévoyance, en ce qui concerne son établissement, les renseignements prévus à l'article R. 123-38, with the exception of th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Additional tax on certain registration duties

Article 1584 bis

The municipal council may, by deliberation, reduce the rate of the additional tax on registration duties or land registration tax by up to 0.5% for the transfers referred to in 1° of 1 of article 1584…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Allocation of sums held in the automatic online broadcast account

Article 612-15

The sums entered in the automatic online broadcasting account are invested in order to contribute to the following expenses directly allocated to online broadcasting, excluding the publisher's own ope…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-section 2: Acknowledgement of deposit of hired objects.

Article D514-11

…rred to in II of article D. 514-9 or on the computer medium on which the deed was recorded. In this case, the borrower may only obtain the return of the pledged item at the end of the repayment period…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-11

…e in the event of death has been taken out without the designation of a beneficiary, the guaranteed capital or annuity forms part of the policyholder's estate or succession.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Procedure applicable if the foreign national is detained

Article L614-15

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health threats

Article L3131-11

…procedures for drawing up and triggering the arrangements for organising the response of the healthcare system in the event of an exceptional health situation, known as "ORSAN" ;b) The content and pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions for approval of practitioners

Article R1131-11

Withdrawal of the approval of the practitioner referred to in article R. 1131-6 is incurred in the event of a breach of the prescriptions provided for in this chapter or in the event of a breach of th…

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