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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-3-12

…main subject to Testing and, where applicable, to the whereabouts requirements set forth in article L. 232-15, unless he notifies the Agency in writing of his decision to permanently withdraw from com…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L322-26-2-1

With effect from 1st July 1991, any clause in the Articles of Association which makes participation in the General Meeting or the election of members of the General Meeting subject to the payment of a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L322-26-1-2

The articles of association of mutual insurance companies may specify a "raison d'être", consisting of the principles which they adopt and for which they intend to allocate resources in order to carry…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L322-26-4-1

Articles L. 210-10 to L. 210-12 of the Commercial Code, with the exception of 5° of Article L. 210-10, are applicable to mutual insurance companies.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation procedure

Article L2113-9-1 A

When a new commune mentioned in the first and second paragraphs of article L. 2113-9 is created, it replaces the public establishment for intercommunal cooperation with its own tax status within the m…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information

Article L224-27-1

…r option to register free of charge on the telephone anti-solicitation list provided for in article L. 223-1; 2° In addition to the information mentioned in 1°, providers of Internet access and public…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Miscellaneous provisions applicable to medical auxiliaries.

Article L4381-1-2

…allows them to practise the professions referred to in this Book and those referred to in articles L. 4241-1 and L. 4241-13 may be authorised to practise their profession in France. This authorisatio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the analysis of the group's resolvability

Article L613-43-1

…olution authority of a subsidiary in order to carry out the assessment provided for in I of Article L. 613-41, the resolution college shall provide all the cooperation required. It shall carry out thi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L1521-2-1

…e or by the president of the executive council of Martinique or, in the case provided for inarticle L. 7223-5 of the General Code of Territorial Authorities, by the President of the Assembly of Martin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I A: Observatory of prices, margins and incomes in overseas France

Article L910-1 H

…s collect the data required to carry out their missions from the establishment mentioned in Article L. 621-1 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code and from the official statistical service.

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