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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions for the sale by auction of an immovable property

Article R742-40

At the request of the successful bidder, the judge in charge of property seizures shall record the purging of the mortgages taken on the property and order the cancellation of the corresponding regist…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pledging of intangible movables.

Article 2361-1

Where the same claim is the subject of successive pledges, the ranking of creditors is governed by the order of the deeds. The creditor who is first in line has recourse against the creditor to whom t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Remuneration.

Article L7123-9

Expenses advanced by the modelling agency for the promotion and development of the model's career may only be reimbursed by means of successive deductions not exceeding a percentage of the amount of w…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Position limits

Article L420-11

…that a person may hold at any time: 1° In agricultural commodity derivatives within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014, traded on…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Own funds

Article R351-28

…ution relating to one of the items mentioned in i and ii of a of Article 69 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014, classified in Level 1 as provided for in Article R. 3…

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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

…he 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 no delegated ac…

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

Article R356-23

…he 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 delegated act has be…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Coordination of powers between the European Public Prosecutor, the Deputy European Public Prosecutors and the French judicial authority

Article 696-134

Where the European Public Prosecutor's Office decides not to exercise its jurisdiction, the public prosecutor hearing the investigation or the investigating judge hearing the information shall remain…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Internal model

Article R352-23

…352-15. The documentation requirements are set out in Articles 243 to 246 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35 of 10 October 2014.

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

Article R356-25-2

…within a period of three months and in the absence of a referral by one of these authorities to the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (…

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