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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Supervisory Board.

Article R518-0-1

…members of the Supervisory Board mentioned in 9° of Article L. 518-4 are elected for three years by and from among the members of the staff delegation of the Joint Information and Consultation Committ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Supervisory Board.

Article D518-0-2

…The members of the Supervisory Board referred to in 6° to 8° of article L. 518-4 of the Monetary and Financial Code receive fixed and variable fees for the performance of their duties, the terms of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to portfolio management companies

Article R533-16-0

…ed to in II of Article L. 533-22 include the following information: 1° The most significant medium- and long-term risks associated with the investments made under the contract; 2° The composition, tur…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Beneficial owner

Article R561-3-0

Where the customer is acting in the context of a trust within the meaning ofArticle 2011 of the Civil Code or any other comparable legal arrangement governed by foreign law, a beneficial owner within…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Annex I

Article Rubrique 0

…Quality of the authorising officer (3) 1. Form showing: 1° A specimen of the authorising officer's handwritten signature; 2° An indication, where applicable, of the electronic signature process used b…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article L143-0

…he company before having acquired pension rights, the sum of the contributions paid by the employer and, where applicable, the beneficiary, is reimbursed to them. The rights definitively acquired afte…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 1-1 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLES A. 123-45, A. 123-47, A. 123-50, A. 134-2)

Article Annexe 0

…ferred to in the following annexes is a final decision, it may be an order, a judgment or a ruling, and a copy thereof shall be provided together with:- a certificate from the lawyer attesting to its…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R3334-0

…the financial potential calculated in accordance with article L. 3334-6for the metropolis of Lyon and the department of Rhône is increased or reduced by the last known amount, received or paid, of t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Social debt repayment contributions paid to the social debt repayment fund (Caisse d'amortissement de la dette sociale)

Article 1600-0 J

The rate of the contributions for the repayment of the social debt mentioned in articles 1600-0 G to 1600-0 I is set by the article 19 of order no. 96-50 of 24 January 1996 relating to the reimburseme…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Rates

Article 278-0 B

I.-Intra-Community acquisitions and imports of goods, other than works of art, are subject to the rate laid down for the supply of the same goods. II. II - The supply of work under contract is subject…

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