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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Loan categories

Article L752-6

…sed to grant loans to non-financial companies and finance companies may grant, from their available long-term resources, assistance to agricultural, craft, industrial or commercial companies in the fo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Decisions.

Article R464-5-4

In order to be granted total or partial exemption from pecuniary penalties, the applicant must meet all of the following conditions: 1° The applicant must end its involvement in the prohibited practic…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Retirement savings plan giving rise to membership of a group insurance contract

Article A142-2

…company may only make a medical selection if it relates exclusively to a pre-existing disability or long-term condition; 6° The contract provides for a mechanism for the annual revaluation of the capi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Closure of judicial liquidation proceedings

Article L643-9

In the judgment opening or pronouncing the judicial liquidation, the court shall set a time limit at the end of which the closure of the proceedings must be examined. If closure cannot be pronounced a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions

Article R4453-1

For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply1° Electromagnetic fields: static electric fields, static magnetic fields and time-varying electric, magnetic and electromagnetic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 103

…nothing but the truth. The judge asks them for their surname, first names, age, status, profession, residence, whether they are related or allied to the parties and to what degree or whether they are…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter XII: Enforcement procedures

Article 873

…inal case is time-barred, the convicted person is automatically and permanently subject to a ban on residence in the district or administrative subdivision where the victim of the crime or their direc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Special provisions for sale by auction.

Article R642-34

If there is reason to reiterate the bids, the proceedings are continued before the enforcement judge of the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the notary who carried out the sale resides. An aut…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 8: Special provisions for non-trading property investment companies.

Article R214-156-2

I.-The counterparty risk on a single counterparty is the risk that the counterparty will default on one of its obligations, resulting in a financial loss for the société civile de placement immobilier…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Deeds relating to ownership and transfer of ownership

Article A444-96

The first forward sale of residential premises mentioned in article A. 444-95 (number 60 of table 5) gives rise to the collection:1° On the first deed containing the forward sale contract itself, of a…

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