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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: The obligation to insure.

Article L251-2

For the risks referred to in article L. 1142-2 of the French Public Health Code, a claim is any damage or set of damages caused to third parties for which the insured is liable, resulting from a harmf…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XXa: Tax on high-frequency transactions

Article 235 ter ZD bis

I. - Companies operating in France, within the meaning of I of Article 209, are subject to a tax on high-frequency trading in equity securities, within the meaning of article L. 212-1 A of the Monetar…

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

Article R356-22

I.-The group solvency of the undertaking referred to in the first paragraph of Article R. 356-8 calculated using the deduction and aggregation method is equal to the difference between: a) The group's…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 768

The automated national criminal record, which may include one or more processing centres, is kept under the authority of the Minister of Justice. It receives, as far as persons born in France are conc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Hospital practitioners.

Article L6152-5-2

Hospital practitioners may be placed on assignment with the National Management Centre mentioned in article L. 453-1 of the General Civil Service Code, for a maximum period of two years. During this p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R214-83

Direct or indirect holdings in the companies referred to in 2° and 3° of I of article L. 214-36 are only eligible for inclusion in the assets of an undertaking for collective real estate investment if…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Compulsory expenditure

Article D4321-1

The region proceeds with the depreciation of fixed assets, including those received on disposal or assignment, whether they are:1° Intangible;2° Tangible, with the exception, however, of road networks…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information

Article L224-3

…y order of the ministers responsible for consumption and energy, after consultation with the Energy Regulation Commission. This order specifies in particular the periodicity mentioned in the second se…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-6

…ield of sports and leisure activities, their missions, roles and competences;- the different sports regulations.The legal environment of the activity (institutional, legislative, regulatory, contractu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to practice within internal-use pharmacies

Article R5126-4

…L. 4221-14-2 and on the basis of a file, individually authorise nationals of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area who have suc…

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