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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS

Article L214-7

The SICAV is a public limited company (société anonyme) or a simplified joint stock company (société par actions simplifiée) whose sole purpose is to manage a portfolio of financial instruments and de…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title II: EXAMINATION OF THE REQUEST FOR TREATMENT OF OVERBELT SITUATION

Article R721-7

…delivery with acknowledgement of receipt to the registry, at least fifteen days before the date scheduled for the sale. This request shall state the name, first name and surname of the buyer and the d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health protection and the environment.

Article L1523-7

For its application in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands, article L. 1341-1 reads as follows: "Art. L. 1341-1 -The Poison Control Centre provided for by Article L. 6431-3 shall have acces…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: The guarantee fund for policyholders against the failure of life and health insurance companies.

Article L423-7

…s paragraph may no longer be remunerated. The nominal value of each of these certificates is then reduced in the proportion necessary to absorb the losses. These certificates of association are not re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to the various companies.

Article R743-73

…d liquidator if they have reached the age limit provided for in article L. 741-1.He may be replaced due to impediment or for any other serious reason by the president of the judicial court ruling in s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other conditions of access and practice

Article R519-7

I. - The conditions of professional competence set out in articles R. 519-8, R. 519-9 and R. 519-10 apply to the persons referred to in article L. 519-3-3. Where applicable, when an intermediary carri…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article L1424-7

…y five years. It is preceded by an assessment of the objectives of the previous plan.In the Bouches-du-Rhône department, the departmental risk analysis and coverage plan comprises three sections:-a se…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title I: Common provisions

Article 750-1

…fficio, the legal claim shall be preceded, at the parties' option, by an attempt at conciliation conducted by a court conciliator, an attempt at mediation or an attempt at a participatory procedure, w…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Suspension and division of custodial sentences

Article 720-1

…person to one or more of the obligations or prohibitions provided for in articles 132-44 et 132-45 du code pénal. When the split execution of the prison sentence has been decided by the trial court p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Production authorisation

Article R1322-70

I. - Any production of clean seawater is subject to authorisation from the Prefect of the département in which the production facility is located. The authorisation is issued on the basis of a file co…

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