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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-9-5

…ge of 70 and the number of member contracts concerned in year N and N-1;8° Amount of benefits under optional group contracts for which the lump sum or annuity has not been claimed when the insured has…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Resolution measures

Article R613-73-1

…ng the opinion of the supervisory college, shall examine without delay whether it is appropriate to exercise the power referred to in that paragraph to prohibit or limit certain distributions, taking…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XLVIII: Tax credit for new productive investments in overseas France

Article 244 quater W

…s in an overseas department that are made available to them under a rental contract with a purchase option or a leasing contract, subject to compliance with the following conditions:a) The rental or l…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L1521-2-2

…mention of this collectivity:1° The powers devolved to the Prefect in the region or department are exercised by the Prefect of Mayotte;2° The powers devolved to the Regional Council or its President…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1a: Compulsory release

Article 720

…ubject to a disciplinary sanction for one of the following offences: a) Exercising or attempting to exercise physical violence against a member of staff of the establishment or a person on a mission o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Transport, searches and seizures

Article 99-2

…nvestigating judge or to the authority that carried out the notification. These time limits and the exercise of the appeal are suspensive. A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the terms of a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors.

Article R4642-3

…seventy. If the Chairman is absent or unable to act, the Minister for Labour or his representative exercises his prerogatives. The members of the Board of Directors mentioned in 1°, 2° and 4° of I ar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Directors

Article L533-26

I. - The persons who effectively manage the business of the firm within the meaning of Article L. 532-2 .4 and the members of the board of directors, the supervisory board, the management board or any…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Changes relating to powers.

Article L5211-17

…by the founding decision, as well as the property, equipment or public services necessary for their exercise. These transfers are decided by concordant deliberations of the deliberating body and the m…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Organisation and operation

Article L5721-6-1

…lly entails the application to all the public property, facilities and services necessary for their exercise, as well as to all the rights and obligations attached to them on the date of the transfer:…

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