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Showing 48714880 of 9051 articles for Art. 158 · CE 18 June 1990 n° 61022 · CE 16 July 2008 n° 277180 · CE 16 June 2004 n° 235647

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Fundamental missions

Article L141-6-1

When the Banque de France becomes aware, in the course of its duties, of an emergency situation as defined in Article L. 613-20-5, it shall alert as soon as possible the Autorité de contrôle prudentie…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Simplified joint stock companies.

Article L227-2

…offers referred to: 1° In point i of paragraph 4 of Article 1 of Regulation (EU) No 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017; 2° In Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code; 3° To 2° and 3° of Article L.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: General provisions

Article L412-3

…m of a securitisation mutual fund, the draft prospectus required by Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017 is drawn up by the management company. Where the securitisation undertaking comprises comp…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Common provisions

Article 711-3

…ographic or audiovisual works, adopted on the basis of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2a: Monitoring and surveillance

Article L621-8-4

…e L. 621-9 any documents or information, regardless of the medium, that is relevant to the performance of its monitoring and supervisory duties. In order to carry out its duties under Regulation (EU)…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Investment credit institutions

Article L775-10

…ed in the right-hand column of the same table:Articles applicableIn their wording resulting fromL. 516-1 Law no. 2023-171 of 9 March 2023 containing various provisions adapting to European Union law i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article D773-40

…l apply ipso jure in New Caledonia.II. - For the application of I, in Article D. 561-51, the references to the European Commission, to Directive No. 2015/849 of 20 May 2015 and to Directive No. 2019/1…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Account management

Article D4163-31

…evious year on the declaration provided for inarticle L. 133-5-3 of the Social Security Code. By 30 June at the latest, the local managing body in whose district the establishment is located informs t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Temporary exemptions

Article 1395

…tion of Act no. 2001-602 du 9 juillet 2001 d'orientation sur la forêt, this exemption period is reduced to ten years for poplar plantations and increased to fifty years for hardwoods and woods other t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Issuance of Bulletin No. 2 of the Criminal Record

Article R79

…6° To those dealing with applications for authorisation to bring a foreign female employee into France; 7° To judges appointed to supervise the commercial register in connection with applications for…

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