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Showing 30113020 of 6003 articles for Art. Cons. const. – 13 Jan. 2011 – no. 2010-85 QPC

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to groups with a parent undertaking having its registered office outside the European Union

Article R356-6

…gated act of the Commission adopted pursuant to paragraphs 3 and 5 of Article 260 of Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 (Solvency II). II - Where n…

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

Article R356-23

…gated act of the Commission adopted pursuant to paragraphs 4 and 5 of Article 227 of Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 (Solvency II). If no delega…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: The guarantee fund for victims of terrorism and other offences.

Article R*422-8

…ount of compensation due to the victim taking into account the benefits listed in article 29 of law no. 85-677 of 5 July 1985 and compensation of any kind received or to be received from other debtors…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Economic interest groupings.

Article L252-9

…r deliberations may result only from the infringement of the mandatory provisions of Regulation No 2137-85 of 25 July 1985 of the Council of the European Communities, or of the provisions of this chap…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Operating rights

Article L333-1-3

…22-2 may grant sports betting operators holding the authorisation provided for in Article 21 of Law no. 2010-476 of 12 May 2010 relating to the opening up to competition and the regulation of the onli…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L2224-11-4

…iry of the contract or, for contracts expiring within six months of the date of promulgation of Law no. 2010-788 of 12 July 2010 on the national commitment to the environment, on the expiry date of th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-6

For the application of the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, signed at The Hague on 16 December 1970, the Supplementary Protocol to the Convention for the Suppression of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Protection of works and objects to which copyright or related rights are attached

Article R331-8

…integrity and security, the personal data and information mentioned in 2° of the appendix to Decree no. 2010-236 of 5 March 2010 within eight days of the transmission by the authorised and sworn agent…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Compensation procedures.

Article L211-25

The first two paragraphs of article 33 of law no. 85-677 of 5 July 1985 apply to insurers.Where provided for by contract, the subrogatory recourse of the insurer who has paid the victim an advance on…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Provisions specific to credit institutions, investment firms, finance companies, electronic money institutions and payment institutions

Article R783-10

…right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 613-1, with the exception of its second paragraphno. 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014R. 613-1-1No. 2011-1…

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