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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Protection of debtors and borrowers

Article L322-3

…arent manner, the extent of the intermediary's powers, and in particular whether he works on an exclusive basis with one or more lenders or as an independent broker.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article R225-61-1

As the Articles of Association provide that General Meetings are to be held exclusively by videoconference or by means of telecommunication, pursuant to the provisions of the first paragraph of Articl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: The business project support contract for the creation or takeover of an economic activity.

Article R127-1

The business project support contract for the creation or takeover of an economic activity defined in article L. 127-1 : 1° Sets out the programme of preparation for the creation or takeover and manag…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-14-1

…meet the following criteria are not subject to marketing authorisation: 1° They are designed to be used without the intervention of a doctor for the purposes of diagnosis, prescription or monitoring…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Investment ratios

Article R214-22

…policy is to replicate the composition of an equity or debt securities index, including through the use of techniques and instruments referred to in Article R. 214-18 and financial contracts, which me…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-30

…fund aims to replicate the composition of an equity or debt securities index, including through the use of techniques and instruments referred to in article R. 214-32-27 and financial contracts, meeti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Experimentation

Article R5121-15

…tigational medicinal product; 3° For the investigational medicinal product or the medicinal product used as a reference, its special or scientific name or its code name, its qualitative and quantitati…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Pre-contractual information for borrowers

Article R312-2

…identity and address of the credit intermediary concerned; 2° The type of credit;> and 3° The total amount of credit and the conditions under which the funds will be made available; 4° The duration of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Property damage.

Article L126-2

…o the bodies of land motor vehicles entitle the insured party to cover for direct material damage caused to insured property by an attack or act of terrorism as defined by articles 421-1 and 421-2 of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R322-123

…eferred to in Article R. 322-135, the companies or funds referred to in Article L. 322-27 whose exclusive object is reinsurance fall within the scope of this section, in particular as regards the cont…

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