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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Construction. Housing

Article 1050

…articles of association comply with the standard clauses appended to decree no. 69-295 of 24 March 1969 and the majority of whose capital is held by public authorities are subject to land publicity t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Authorisation of establishments taking samples.

Article L1242-1

…intended for the preparation of cellular products for therapeutic purposes mentioned in Article L. 1243-1 may also be collected by the Etablissement Français du Sang either in its blood transfusion e…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General rules.

Article L326-13

…contrôle prudentiel et de résolution resulting in the dissolution of an undertaking referred to in 1° and in the last paragraph of Article L. 310-1, the contracts taken out by the undertaking shall c…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Organisation and powers.

Article L411-1

The powers of the Comité Consultatif du Secteur Financier are set out in Article L. 614-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code, which reads as follows: "Art. L. 614-1 -The Comité Consultatif du Secteur…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security measures that may be ordered in the event of a declaration of lack of criminal responsibility on grounds of mental disorder or in the event of recognition of impairment of judgement

Article 706-136

…rs if the acts committed constitute a felony or misdemeanour punishable by ten years' imprisonment: 1° Prohibition on entering into relations with the victim of the offence or certain persons or categ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of financial holding companies, mixed financial holding companies and parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-14

…de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution is not required when all the following conditions are met: 1° The principal activity of the financial holding company or the parent undertaking of a finance co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Membership and operation of professional associations of banking and payment services intermediaries

Article L519-15

…al representatives, directors, staff and agents of the associations referred to in I of Article L. 519-11 of this Code are bound by professional secrecy in the context of the tasks referred to in I, u…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Organisations exempt from administrative approval.

Article R322-132

…ertakings, are not required to obtain the administrative authorisation provided for in Article L. 321-1 and are exempted from observing the management rules which would normally be applicable to them…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: The guarantee fund for victims of terrorism and other offences.

Article R422-1

…s infractions (Guarantee Fund for Victims of Terrorism and Other Offences) set up by Article L. 422-1 is managed by a Board of Directors comprising : 1° A Chairman appointed by joint order of the Mini…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to compensation for personal injury.

Article R421-13

…c registered mail, return receipt requested. In support of their claim, they are required to prove :1° Either that they are French ;-Or that they have their main residence in the territory of the Fren…

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