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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L72-101-14

Appendices to the budget documents include:1° Summary data on the financial situation of the local authority;2° A list of assistance granted by the local authority in the form of benefits in kind or s…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-9

I.-Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of article L. 132-4-1, the stipulation by virtue of which the benefit of the insurance is allocated to a specific beneficiary becomes irrevocable by…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Interbank settlement systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments

Article R753-21

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Intervention by the fund in the event of the withdrawal of an insurance undertaking's administrative authorisation

Article L421-10-2

Declarations made by insurance undertakings to the guarantee fund indicating the items to be taken into account for the assessment of the contributions referred to in articles L. 421-10 and L. 421-10-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article R621-10

The AMF Board shall deliberate on :1° The annual budget and any amendments to it during the year;2° The financial statements and the appropriation of profits;3° The accounting and financial regulation…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Mutual certificates

Article L322-26-9

I.-Mutualist certificates are redeemable only in the event of the liquidation of the issuer and after all preferential, unsecured and subordinated creditors have been paid in full. Redemption is made…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-48

When the shares of a company whose registered office is established in France are admitted to trading on a regulated market of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions common to corporate officers of sociétés anonymes.

Article L225-94-1

Without prejudice to the provisions of articles L. 225-21, L. 225-54-1, L. 225-67, L. 225-77 et L. 225-94, a natural person may not simultaneously hold more than five offices as chief executive office…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General authorisation conditions.

Article R4211-21

The application for authorisation or renewal of authorisation to carry out the activities of importing or exporting gene therapy preparations or xenogenic cell therapy preparations must be sent with a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Inter-company occupational health and prevention services.

Article L4622-9-2

I.- In the event of serious malfunctioning of the inter-company occupational health and prevention service affecting the fulfilment of its missions under the umbrella set out in Article L. 4622-9-1, t…

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