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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VIII: Mutual insurance group companies and affiliation agreements

Article R322-164

Any mutual insurance group company formed in breach of articles R. 322-160 to R. 322-163 is null and void. The provisions of the second paragraph of article R. 322-90 and those of article R. 322-91 sh…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Special regulations concerning certain assets of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-16

Transferable securities and similar instruments, and units or shares in real estate or property companies must be registered either in an account or on deposit with an authorised intermediary, or regi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-16

I.-For the purposes of calculating the solvency of the group of an undertaking referred to in the first paragraph of Article R. 356-8 which holds, through a société de groupe d'assurance, a union mutu…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Governance system

Article R385-16

I. - Articles R. 354-2-1, R. 354-3-2 and R. 354-3-3 do not apply to supplementary occupational pension funds.II. - For the application of article R. 354-3 to supplementary occupational pension funds,…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-16

…t may provide for forfeiture of vested rights if the member does not provide proof of payment of at least two annuities. It may also provide for a reduction in the number of annuity units registered i…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Contracts for the purchase of one or more existing artistic works

Article R2172-16

Contracts for the decoration of public buildings are awarded under the conditions set out in paragraph 1 of this sub-section when they involve the purchase of one or more existing artistic works and w…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Framework agreements with purchase orders

Article R2191-16

…ment executed by the issue of purchase orders does not provide for a minimum amount, the advance shall be granted for each purchase order fulfilling the conditions laid down in sub-section 1.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to certain contracts

Article R2192-16

For the payment of the balance of works or project management contracts concluded by the State, its public establishments of a non-industrial and non-commercial nature, local authorities and their pub…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 6: Referral to advisory committees for the amicable settlement of disputes

Article R2197-16

Referral to an advisory committee for the amicable settlement of disputes interrupts the time limits for appeals for contracts that are administrative contracts until notification of the decision take…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Competitive dialogue

Article R2361-16

The dialogue may take place in successive stages so as to reduce the number of solutions to be discussed, by applying the award criteria defined in the contract notice or in another consultation docum…

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