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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Operating conditions.

Article L4141-3-1

…ion may, after obtaining the opinion of a commission composed in particular of professionals, individually authorise nationals of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R132-3-1

The charges levied by the insurance company after the date of knowledge of the death of the insured, mentioned in the third paragraph of article L. 132-5, may not exceed the charges that would have be…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter XI: Sharing capital gains on the sale of shares with company employees

Article L23-11-3

…3332-11 of the same code in a uniform manner, proportional to the length of presence in the company during the period between the signing of the contract and the transfer of the shares or proportional…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-1-3

…atutory auditors registered on the list provided for in I of Article L. 822-1 or statutory auditors duly approved in another Member State of the European Union. Where a company of statutory auditors h…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 7: Provisions relating to the implementation of other resolution measures

Article L613-56-3

…ontract entered into by a person referred to in I of Article L. 613-34 subject to a resolution procedure. III. - The purchaser is automatically substituted for the person who has been the subject of a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: AIF marketing and pre-marketing procedures.

Article D214-32-1

…er to ensure an exchange of information enabling the Autorité des marchés financiers to perform its duties under Books V and VI; 3° That the third country in which the AIFM or AIF is established is no…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: AIF marketing and pre-marketing procedures.

Article D214-32-4

…er to ensure an exchange of information enabling the Autorité des marchés financiers to perform its duties under Books V and VI; 3° That the third country in which the AIFM or AIF is established is no…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Conciliation procedure.

Article R611-39-1

…4° The fees of the ad…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Biological procedures used in medically assisted procreation

Article R2141-1-3

…ompile a technical file specifying : 1° The characterisation or nature of the process ; 2° The procedures and operating methods involved and identification of the critical stages; 3° An analysis of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition.

Article R6152-322-7

When the ballot takes place by post, the ballot papers, envelopes and supporting documents are produced by the administration at its own expense. Only electoral material supplied by the administration…

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