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

Article R441-21

Each year, the insurer calculates the amount of the theoretical mathematical reserve that would be required to ensure the payment of immediate and deferred life annuities on the basis of the service v…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Formulation of technical specifications

Article R2311-5

The technical specifications are chosen by reference to standards or other equivalent documents available to candidates. The standards or documents must be marked "or equivalent" and chosen in the fol…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 7: Payment.

Article L511-29

Where a bill of exchange is stipulated to be payable in a currency which is not current at the place of payment, the amount may be paid in the currency of the country, according to its value on the da…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Preparation of the draft plan.

Article L626-2

In the light of the economic, social and, where applicable, environmental assessment, the debtor, with the assistance of the administrator, shall propose a plan, without prejudice to the application o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Assignment of the debtor's assets.

Article L642-18

Sales of real estate shall take place in accordance with articles L. 322-7, L. 322-8 to L. 322-11 and

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Commencement and conduct of secondary insolvency proceedings

Article L692-4

For the purposes of applying Article 46 of the aforementioned Regulation (EU) No 2015/848, the court or official receiver who, after obtaining the opinion of the public prosecutor, grants the request…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Administration of establishments in the network of chambers of commerce and industry

Article L712-6

Public establishments in the network are required to appoint at least one statutory auditor and, when the conditions defined in the second paragraph of I of article L. 823-1 are present, an alternate…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VIII A: Special provisions for sole traders covered by the status defined in Section 3 of Chapter VI of Title II of Book V

Article L681-1

Any application to open proceedings under Titles II to IV of this Book or over-indebtedness proceedings under Book VII of the Consumer Code in respect of a sole trader covered by the status defined in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Control of the profession

Article L821-12-5

The High Council may communicate confidential information to the Autorité des marchés financiers, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, the Autorité de la concurrence, the Banque de Fr…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article D712-30

The alert is sent by the National Institute of Industrial Property electronically within five working days of the publication of the filing of an application for registration of the trademark, contain…

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