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Showing 18511860 of 68978 articles for Art. s. L. 145-1 to L. 145-60 + R. 145-1 to R. 145-38

French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to insurance undertakings.

Article R321-16

For the three financial years following the issue of the authorisations referred to in Articles L. 321-1, L. 321-7 and L. 329-1, the undertaking must submit to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et d…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to insurance undertakings.

Article R321-17

All documents accompanying applications for approval must be written in or translated into French.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to insurance undertakings.

Article R321-14

Administrative authorisation is given by branch to the undertakings mentioned in 1°, 3° and 4° of article L. 310-2. This authorisation covers the entire branch, unless the undertaking only wishes to u…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to insurance undertakings.

Article R322-1

…horisation for the legal protection class of business in accordance with the provisions of Articles L. 321-1, L. 321-7 and L. 329-1, any insurance undertaking must indicate, when submitting the docume…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-1

The regulated commitments referred to in article R. 331-1 must, at all times, be represented by equivalent assets. These assets must be located within the territory of a Member State of the European U…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-10

The guarantee deposits referred to in 3° of article R. 343-1 may be represented on the assets side by the company's claims on depositors.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Penalties relating to consumer credit

Article R354-1

…wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THEIR WORDING R. 341-1 to R. 341-19 Resulting from décret n° 2016-884 du 29 juin 2016

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Access to personal health information.

Article R1111-1

Access to information relating to a person's health, as referred to in article L. 1111-7 and held by a healthcare professional or a healthcare institution, is requested by the person concerned, their…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Rules relating to the budget.

Article R144-1

An expenditure budget and an estimate of income are prepared for each financial year. They are sent to the members of the General Council, the Censor and his alternate at least two weeks before the da…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition and obligation to register

Article R519-1

For the purposes of Article L. 519-1, any person who solicits or obtains the customer's agreement to a banking transaction or payment service or who explains orally or in writing to a potential custom…

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