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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions of professional competence.

Article R512-8

…rd parties who direct or manage this legal entity, or, where applicable, where the distribution activity is carried on as an ancillary activity to the principal activity, to the natural person or pers…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions of professional competence.

Article R512-9

…ties of production office managers or who are responsible for managing a production network must provide evidence of : 1° Either a work placement of a reasonable and sufficient duration, which may not…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Regulatory capital requirement for groups

Article A356-3

…he first paragraph of article R. 356-8 is a participating undertaking of a credit institution, an investment firm or a financial institution, that undertaking applies, for the calculation of the group…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The judgment

Article R153-10

At the request of a party, an extract of the decision containing only its operative part, bearing the executory formula, may be given to him for the purposes of its compulsory enforcement. A non-confi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L5215-19

The council of the urban community settles by its deliberations the affairs which are within the competence of the urban community.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Compulsory powers.

Article L5215-20-1

…rban communities existing on the date of promulgation of the loi n° 99-586 du 12 juillet 1999 relative au renforcement et à la simplification de la coopération intercommunale continue to exercise the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Compulsory powers.

Article L5215-20

…place and stead of the member municipalities:1° With regard to the economic, social and cultural development and planning of the community area:a) Creation, development, maintenance and management of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Processing of personal data relating to mobile electronic anti-seizure devices

Article R61-43

The purposes of the automated processing of personal data known as "anti-seizure bracelet", provided for in articles 138-3 of this code, 132-45-1 of the penal codeand 515-11-1 of the code civil, the i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Scope of application

Article R55

The provisions of articles 707-2 and 707-3 relating to the reduction in the amount of fines and fixed procedural fees in the event of voluntary payment within one month are applicable : 1° To fines ha…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Scope of application

Article R55-1

Where the conviction is the result of a contradictory decision to be served or a decision by default, the one-month period provided for in Article 707-2 shortens from the date of service. The notice p…

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