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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution.

Article L310-12-1

…onstitution and operation of the decision-making and governing bodies of the persons referred to in 1° to 3°, 5° and 9° to 11° of B of I of Article L. 612-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code comply w…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book I: Public prosecutions and investigations

Article A36-11-1

…f audiovisual recordings of interrogations of persons under investigation made pursuant to Articles 116-1 and D. 32-2 and transmitted to the courts must comply with the standards and recommendations s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXV bis: Procedure applicable to serial or unsolved crimes

Article 706-106-3

The public prosecutor at a judicial court other than that or those mentioned in Article 706-106-1 may, for offences covered by the same article 706-106-1, ex officio, on the proposal of the investigat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: General obligations of traders

Article A123-11-2

…or a competent authority shall be made by the declarant to the single body mentioned in Article R. 123-1 using the following means:a) By using a payment card issued by a credit institution or by an i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Registration, land registration and stamps

Article 1629

…lsory non-life insurance for those responsible for uninsured accidents are defined in articles L. 421-4, L. 421-4-1 and L. 421-4-2 of the Insurance Code.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1773

The fine provided for in 1 of Article 1772 the taxpayer who has knowingly made an omission or deficiency in the declaration of income from securities and movable capital for the assessment of income t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Provisions relating to measures ordered by the judge

Article 1250

The persons mentioned in Articles 1230 and 1230-1 may appeal against the decision by which the guardianship judge appoints a substitute decision-maker by application of the second paragraph of article…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Conurbation community

Article L5216-4-1

…f community councillor are at most equal to 28% of the reference term mentioned in I of article L. 2123-20. In agglomeration communities with a population of between 100,000 and 399,999, these allowan…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L113-2-1

By way of exception to 2° of article L. 113-2, when the purpose of the insurance contract is to guarantee, in the event of the occurrence of one of the risks defined in the contract, either the total…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Operation

Article L23-114-3

…well as the compensation of employee representatives, under the conditions defined in article L. 23-114-1, and the compensation of employer representatives are financed exclusively by the appropriatio…

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