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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conclusion and proof of the insurance contract - Form and transmission of policies.

Article L112-10

…guarantee covering one of the risks covered by the new contract and informing him/her of the waiver option referred to in the first paragraph. A decree issued by the Minister responsible for insurance…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article D324-1-1

…nd flat number where the accommodation is part of a building comprising several premises.Where this option is available, the declarant may indicate the unchanging number identifying the accommodation…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R132-5-6

…ion it has to enable it to determine the tax regime applicable to the sums thus returned or, at the option of the beneficiary of the contract, it makes the deductions provided for in article 125-0 A o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGETS AND ACCOUNTS

Article L4312-4

…ocations for operating expenditure include commitment authorisations and payment appropriations.The option provided for in the first paragraph of this II is reserved solely for expenditure resulting f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to all financing bodies

Article R214-218

…ating to receivables transferred to it, resulting from leasing or rental agreements with a purchase option; 4° Assets transferred to it in respect of commitments it enters into through contracts const…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Employee savings funds.

Article R214-214-8

…ities. In addition, an expert valuation is carried out at least every five years. This valuation is optional for the companies mentioned in the fifth paragraph of III of Article L. 214-165-1 whose sec…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-MARTIN

Article L443-2

…consulted prior to the definition of these conditions and thresholds. "7° In Article L. 421-10, the reference to Article 44 sexies-0 A of the General Tax Code is replaced by the reference to the provi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-6

…rence between the interest rate that it would be possible to withdraw from the assets included in a reference portfolio in that currency and the rates of the corresponding relevant risk-free interest…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Persons required to register.

Article L123-5-2

When the directors of a commercial company processing agricultural products, marketing food products, operating, directly or indirectly, one or more retail shops selling mass-market products or operat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and implementation.

Article L1271-5

For jobs where the working time does not exceed three hours per week over a reference period of four weeks, the employer and the employee who use the universal service employment voucher are deemed to…

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