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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Specific provisions relating to assignment subledgers

Article R342-1

…racts or commitments for which an appropriation sub-account is kept which is not covered by Article L. 441-8 of the Insurance Code, Article L. 222-1 of the Mutual Code or Article L. 932-24 of the Soci…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Other provisions.

Article R662-1-1

The precautionary measures provided for in Articles L. 621-2, L. 631-10-1, L. 651-4, L. 692-2, L. 692-4 and L. 692-9, are subject to the provisions of the regulatory part of the Code of Civil Enforcem…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Expenditure

Article L72-103-2

…'hôtel de la collectivité;2° Les dépenses relatives aux indemnités de fonction prévues aux articles L. 7227-17 to L. 7227-21 and the training costs for elected representatives mentioned in article L.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks and activities

Article R5126-19

…l-use pharmacies of the establishments, services or organisations mentioned in 3° and 4° of Article R. 5126-1 may only be authorised to carry out the activities mentioned in 1° and 2° of I of Article…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 6: Provisions specific to certain public passenger transport service concession contracts

Article R3126-14

The concession contracts referred to in c of 2° of article R. 3126-1 are not subject to 1° of article R. 3121-6.

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

Article R441-12

For each agreement covered by Article L. 441-1, an appropriation sub-account is kept. For each agreement, an appropriation income statement and an appropriation balance sheet account are drawn up, in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to pledges of securities registered in a shared electronic recording device

Article R211-14-1

…g the financial instruments in the shared electronic registration system in accordance with article R. 211-3 is not a person authorised to receive repayable funds from the public within the meaning of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to compensation for personal injury and property damage.

Article R421-1

…ith the provisions of this section, compensation due to victims of accidents referred to in article L. 421-1 or to their dependants provided that these accidents occurred in mainland France, Mayotte o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Reduction of capital.

Article R225-158

…ered shares. When shares are registered in an account in accordance with the provisions of articles R. 211-1 et seq. of the Monetary and Financial Code, the cancellation of the shares is recorded by a…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-18-2

…nvestigation, to experts registered on a list of legal experts, to the persons mentioned in article L. 232-11 or to competent persons or authorities. These persons may receive remuneration from the Fr…

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