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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions relating to the use of a liability management structure

Article L311-41

…n 1°, 2° and 4° to 6° of Article L. 311-1 subject to a resolution procedure, the resolution college may decide to use one or more liability management structures to which all or part of the portfolios…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations of free shares.

Article L225-197-1

…inary General Meeting, on the report of the Board of Directors or the Management Board, as the case may be, and on the special report of the company's Statutory Auditors or, if none has been appointed…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Financial penalties imposed by the administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs

Article L5473-1

…responsible for competition and consumer affairs mentioned in article L. 522-1 of the Consumer Code may impose a financial penalty on the perpetrator of an infringement mentioned in articles L. 5461-9…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Subscription, purchase or pledge by companies of their own shares.

Article L225-206

…an increase in capital, the members of the Board of Directors or the Management Board, as the case may be, are required, under the conditions set out in Article L. 225-251 and the first paragraph of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of the budget

Article LO6262-7

…amber and until the end of the procedure provided for in article LO 6262-4, the Territorial Council may not vote on budgetary matters, except for the deliberation provided for in the second paragraph…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1532-2

…o L. 1221-7 , article L. 1222-9, the second to fourth and penultimate paragraphs of article L. 1221-10 and article L. 1221-10-2, solely insofar as it concerns the structures mentioned in 1° and 2° of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Criminal penalties

Article L132-17

…121-12 is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros. The amount of the fine may be increased, in proportion to the benefits derived from the offence, to 10% of average annual t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Semi-public companies

Article L122-12

…e provisions of article L. 122-2, local semi-public sports companies formed before 29 December 1999 may retain their previous legal status. The provisions of articles L. 122-3, L. 122-5, L. 122-10 and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Suspension of the contract and protection against breach.

Article L1226-8

…ar job with at least equivalent remuneration, except in the situations mentioned in article L. 1226-10. The consequences of the accident or occupational disease may not lead to any delay in promotion…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Reserving contracts for economic operators employing disabled and disadvantaged workers

Article L2113-13-1

Contracts or parts of a contract may be reserved for economic operators who carry them out as part of the production of goods and services that they provide in prisons and who, in accordance with the…

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