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

Article R356-20

…le prudentiel et de résolution shall inform the other members of the college of supervisors and the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority of the receipt of the application and shall f…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2: Recovery.

Article 345 bis

…at the administration had made known by its published instructions or circulars and that it had not reported at the date of the operations constituting the chargeable event, it may not declare by way…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Directors

Article L511-51

I. - Within credit institutions or finance companies, the following persons must at all times be of sufficiently good repute and have the knowledge, skills and experience required to perform their dut…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-10-3

…spondent relationship with a financial institution located in a country that is not a member of the European Union or a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, or a relationship with a v…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Sale and provision of services without prior order

Article L121-13

The provisions of article L. 121-12 do not preclude the charging of interest, commissions or fees in respect of overdraft facilities or bank overdrafts provided for in the account agreement instituted…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-11

…isions within the meaning of Article L. 351-2, insurance and reinsurance undertakings segment their commitments into homogeneous risk groups and, at a minimum, by lines of business as defined in Artic…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose of the file

Article L751-4

The conditions under which the Banque de France and the companies mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 751-2 informing individuals of their inclusion in and removal from the file, as well as…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Terms and conditions

Article L6213-12

…icles L. 6211-3, L. 6211-22, L. 6211-23, L. 6213-2 and L. 6213-3 are made after consultation with a commission, including professionals, whose composition, conditions of consultation and powers are se…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Drawing up the list

Article R2-8

The members of the commission are subject to professional secrecy under the conditions and under the penalties provided for by the articles 226-13 and 226-14 of the Penal Code. They may not communicat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
d) Radiology

Article R120

Each qualified medical expert or radiologist, duly requested or commissioned, is allocated remuneration or fees calculated with reference to the rates set by the common classification of medical acts.…

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