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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R355-11

Insurance or reinsurance undertakings may decide to publish in the report referred to in Article L. 355-5 any information or explanations relating to their solvency and financial position other than t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R356-58

The participating and parent undertakings referred to respectively in the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 356-2 may decide to publish in the report referred to in Article L. 356-23 any infor…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Payment by purchasing card for contracts of legal entities governed by public law with a public accountant

Article R2192-37

Legal entities governed by public law with a public accountant may use the acquisition card as a means of executing contracts under the conditions set out in decree no. 2004-1144 of 26 October 2004 on…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Employee profit-sharing and incentive schemes.

Article R212-5

The rules relating to employee profit-sharing are set out in Chapter I of Title IV of Book IV of the Labour Code and in Decree no. 87-947 of 26 November 1987 setting the conditions for application of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities

Article L123-31

…in particular the conditions for the authorisation of the agents mentioned in 2° of Article L. 123-30 and the terms and conditions for the exercise of their powers..

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Advertising and general information

Article L341-23

…ply with the general information obligations set out in Article L. 313-6 is punishable by a fine of 30,000 euros.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article D621-29

…rsons mentioned in the first and second paragraphs of a of 4° of II of Article L. 621-5-3 is set at 30,000 euros and 10,000 euros respectively. It is paid by 30 June at the latest and proof of payment…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Therapeutic patient education

Article R1521-6

…S IN THE WORDING RESULTING FROM D. 1161-1 Decree no. 2010-906 of 2 August 2010 R. 1161-2 Decree no. 2013-449 of 31 May 2013 R. 1161-3 to R. 1161-7 Decree no. 2020-1832 of 31 December 2020R. 1161-8 Dec…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the conference of sports funding bodies

Article R112-47

The funders' conference meets at least twice a year, convened by its chairman or at the request of 30% of the representatives belonging to at least three colleges. However, the first meeting is conven…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: New horizontal aid to compensate for reduced activity

Article 919-88

In order to obtain the aid, cinema operators must complete and submit electronically, by 30 April 2022 at the latest, a form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée.

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