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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Special rules relating to sociétés de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable (real estate investment companies with variable capital)

Article L214-67-1

The Board of Directors or the Management Board may temporarily suspend the repurchase by the company of its shares, when exceptional circumstances so require and if the interests of all shareholders s…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Operation

Article LO6221-32

Each year, the State representative informs the Territorial Council, through a special report, of the activity of the State services in Saint-Barthélemy. This special report may give rise to a debate…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Operation

Article LO6321-33

Each year, the State representative informs the Territorial Council, by means of a special report, of the activity of the State services in Saint-Martin. This special report may give rise to a debate…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation

Article L7122-31

Each year, the State representative in the territorial collectivity informs the assembly of French Guyana, through a special report, of the activity of the State services in the collectivity.This spec…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Other financial provisions

Article D1271-31

When an order is placed, or at the latest on delivery, the organisation that finances all or part of a special payment instrument referred to in B of Article L. 1271-1 pays the issuer the equivalent v…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Operation

Article LO6431-31

Each year, the State representative informs the Territorial Council, through a special report, of the activity of the State services in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon. This special report may give rise to a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Assistance in recovering damages for victims of crime.

Article L422-7

Within two months of receipt of the request for recovery assistance formulated in application of article 706-15-1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the guarantee fund grants the civil party full paym…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Assistance in recovering damages for victims of crime.

Article L422-8

…or required in any way to ensure total or partial compensation. The guarantee fund may obtain the information necessary to carry out its task of assisting recovery under the conditions set out in the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Assistance in recovering damages for victims of crime.

Article L422-10

The sums recovered by the guarantee fund are used first and foremost to reimburse the guarantee fund for the compensation or provisions paid to the civil party pursuant to article L. 422-7, any enforc…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Assistance in recovering damages for victims of crime.

Article L422-9

The sums to be recovered by the guarantee fund are increased by a penalty, by way of management costs, equal to a percentage of the damages and the sums awarded in application of articles 375 or 475-1…

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