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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to establishments distributing the Livret A or the Livret de développement durable et solidaire.

Article R221-8

For the purposes of the first paragraph ofArticle L. 221-6, Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations shall pay each credit institution, in respect of the amounts centralised under the first paragraph ofArti…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Standard formula

Article R352-8

The capital requirement for operational risk reflects operational risks, insofar as these are not already taken into account in the risk modules mentioned in article R. 352-5. This requirement is cali…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article 800-2

At the request of the person concerned, any court that dismisses a case, discharges the accused, acquits the accused or makes any decision other than a conviction or a declaration that the accused is…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Departmental committee for psychiatric care

Article R3223-8

I.-For the application of the provisions of 1° of article L. 3223-1 and the last paragraph of article L. 3213-9, the Commission is informed of decisions to admit a person to psychiatric care taken pur…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transparency

Article R6145-82

A university hospital centre which creates a subsidiary, takes control of a company within the meaning of article L. 233-3 of the Commercial Code or participates, directly or indirectly within the mea…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Formation of the company

Article R6223-81

The application for registration shall be sent by a joint representative appointed, in the articles or in a separate deed, by the members of the company, to the council of the competent Bar or Bars wi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 212-31

To be eligible for screenplay rewriting grants, authors must, depending on the case :1° Where the rewrite concerns a first screenplay, provide evidence of artistic experience in the film or audiovisua…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Delegation of powers

Article L1111-8-1

Except where national interests are at stake, the State may delegate the exercise of certain of its powers by agreement to a territorial authority or a public establishment for inter-municipal coopera…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-8-1

The act of introducing or attempting to introduce, without legitimate reason, any object likely to constitute a weapon within the meaning ofarticle 132-75 of the Criminal Code into a sports venue duri…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 1: Remuneration of the administrator.

Article R663-8

The remuneration provided for in articles R. 663-5, R. 663-6 and R. 663-7 is acquired when the court has either terminated the safeguard or recovery proceedings pursuant to articles L. 622-12 or L. 63…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
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