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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions for legal entities.

Article L4741-11

…earing the case, which acquits the natural person(s) prosecuted on the basis of articles 221-6, 221-19 and 221-20 of the Criminal Code, requires the company to take all measures to restore normal heal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Legal structures

Article L6223-8

I.- Article 6(2) of Law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice in the form of companies of liberal professions subject to a legislative or regulatory status or whose title is protect…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Payment systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments

Article L752-15

…e words: "within the meaning of Directive 98/26/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 1998 on settlement finality in payment and securities settlement systems" are deleted; 2° Aft…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Payment systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments

Article L753-15

…e words: "within the meaning of Directive 98/26/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 1998 on settlement finality in payment and securities settlement systems" are deleted; 2° Aft…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Company mutual funds.

Article R214-212

…s anonymes à responsabilité limitée issued by companies governed by law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperation and shares in mutual or cooperative banks, without prejudice to th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R1313-14

…d co-contractors, specifying the obligations of impartiality, confidentiality, secrecy and reserve; 19° The list of members of the Committee on Professional Conduct and Prevention of Conflicts of Inte…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Accounting and financial provisions

Article D1611-18

…enditure under the mandate, the same controls as those provided for in d and e of 2° of the article 19 of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management;- when t…

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

Article R533-16-0

…the annual report provided for in article L. 214-23 or the report provided for in article L. 214-24-19, or the report provided for in article L. 533-15, as the case may be. Such disclosure is not comp…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I

Article R961-1

…France pursuant to that directive.V. - The reference to Council Directive 86/635/EEC of 8 December 1986 on the annual accounts and consolidated accounts of banks and other financial institutions is r…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Acquisition of rights

Article D5151-15

…her mission are carried out using the "Volunteer Account" teleservice mentioned in article R. 5151-19, the certificate as well as the transmission of data to the Caisse des dépôts et consignations ar…

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