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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Retirement savings plan giving rise to membership of a group insurance contract

Article A142-3

Supplementary cover in the event of loss of autonomy is the subject of a separate section of a policy common to the retirement savings plan, with an indication of the content of the cover and the corr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART ONE

Article Annexe 11-2 (suite 1)

SCALE FOR ASSESSING THE DEGREE OF DISABILITY OF VICTIMS OF MEDICAL ACCIDENTS, IATROGENIC CONDITIONS OR NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE D. 1142-2 IV. - STOMATOLOGYA. - Loss of teethComplet…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Customs CodeIn force
Section 7: Special customs investigation procedures

Article 67 bis-1 A

In order to establish the offences referred to in articles 414, 414-2, 415 and 459 and, where these are committed by electronic means of communication, to gather evidence and track down the perpetrato…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Keeping the register

Article ANNEXE, art. 30-6

Documents attached to the association's declarations are kept in an attached file or on electronic media.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Surrender by life insurance companies of annuities below a certain minimum amount.

Article A160-3

The scale fixing the surrender value of the annuities referred to in Article A. 160-2 is that of the mathematical provisions established on the basis of the tables and interest rates set by Articles 1…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Surrender by life insurance companies of annuities below a certain minimum amount.

Article A160-2

Life insurance companies may, with the agreement of the beneficiary of the annuity and under the conditions specified in articles A. 160-3 and A. 160-4, redeem annuities and annuity increases relating…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Surrender by life insurance companies of annuities below a certain minimum amount.

Article A160-4

If each arrears receipt can be brought up to the threshold mentioned in article A. 160-2 or article A. 160-2-1 by grouping together the various annuity contracts taken out with the same company by the…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Increase in the fixed procedural fee in the event of a conviction for driving after using substances or plants classified as narcotics

Article A38-6

The fixed procedural fees provided for in the Article 1018 A of the General Tax Code shall, in accordance with the provisions of the ninth paragraph of that Article, be increased by a sum of 210 euros…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Decision to implement a decision taken by another Member State of the European Union or by a State with which the Schengen acquis applies

Article L615-1

The administrative authority may decide to implement a decision obliging a foreign national to leave the territory of another State in the following cases:1° The foreign national has been the subject…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 8-2 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 814-1)

Article Annexe 8-2

PROFESSIONAL RULES PROVIDED FOR BY ARTICLE 54-1-II OF THE DECREE OF 27 DECEMBER 1985 AMENDEDSummary Preamble.Title I.. - Definitions.1. 1. Judicial administrator.1. 2. Of the mandataire judiciaire à l…

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