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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Additional provisions relating to preventive measures

Article L311-14

…d of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may order a person referred to in Article L. 311-5 to provide, as part of the recovery plan or convergence plan submitted to the Autorité purs…

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

Article L310-13

…ments of a contractual or advertising nature for the undertakings mentioned in 1° of III of Article L. 310-1-1 . In such cases, it shall rule in accordance with the conditions laid down inArticle L. 6…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: DETENTION BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY

Article L741-1

…period of forty-eight hours, a foreign national who is in one of the cases provided for in article L. 731-1 when he or she does not present effective guarantees of representation to prevent a risk of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Common provisions

Article L5841-1

…tes"; 6° The words: "décret en Conseil d'Etat" are replaced by the word: "décret" except in Article L. 5216-9.7° The words: "conseiller communautaire" and "conseillers communautaires" are replaced, re…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Compulsory licences and expropriation for national defence purposes

Article R613-37

…pplication, the disclosure and free exploitation of which are prohibited by application of articles L. 612-9 or L. 612-10 (paragraphs 1 and 2), the court seised with a view to fixing the remuneration…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Changes in scope and organisation.

Article L5211-19

…except in the case of an urban community or a metropolis, under the conditions laid down in article L. 5211-25-1, with the consent of the deliberative body of the establishment. In the absence of an a…

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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

…legal 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…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-15-1

…y does not comply with the additional capital requirements imposed in accordance with II of Article L. 511-41-3 ; 4° The company no longer fulfils the conditions or undertakings to which its authorisa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Development of apprenticeships in the non-industrial and non-commercial public sector

Article L6227-10

…licable to civil servants, public employees or employees of the legal entities mentioned in article L. 6227-1, nor under one of the special retirement schemes applicable to these employees.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Civil actions

Article L615-10

…r either the cessation or interruption of exploitation or the confiscation provided for in Articles L. 615-3 et L. 615-7-1. If an expert appraisal or description with or without actual seizure as prov…

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