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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Authorisation of payment institutions

Article L522-11

…rôle prudentiel et de résolution, which may impose all the penalties provided for in Article L. 613-21 of this Code. It may not refer to its status as a payment institution without specifying that it…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Annual consultation on company social policy, working conditions and employment

Article L2312-26

…ilable to the committee, under the conditions set out in the agreement mentioned in article L. 2312-21 or, in the absence of an agreement, in sub-paragraph 4:1° Information on trends in employment, qu…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-12

…e related undertaking concerned: a) Surplus funds covered by the second paragraph of Article R. 351-21, of a related life insurance or reinsurance undertaking of the undertaking mentioned in the first…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article D7231-1

…e who temporarily need personal help in their own home, excluding care involving medical procedures;21° Coordination and provision of the services mentioned in this article.III - The activities mentio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial conglomerates

Article L517-9

…Book. Mixed financial holding companies are also subject to Articles L. 571-4, L. 612-20 to L. 612-21, L. 612-23-1, L. 612-24 to L. 612-27, L. 612-31 to L. 612-35, L. 612-39, L. 612-40, L. 613-24 as…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary chapter: The commission for the examination of commercial practices

Article L440-1

…agents authorised for this purpose in Article L. 450-1of this code and to articles L. 511-3, L. 511-21 and L. 511-22 of the Consumer Code, in accordance with the procedures laid down. The report of th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Approvals and changes to shareholdings

Article R612-20-1

…° and 8° of A of I of Article L. 612-2 ;2° The persons mentioned in 2°, 3° and 4° of Article L. 612-21.Where the decision concerns the withdrawal of authorisation or registration, the Autorité de cont…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Exercise of control

Article R612-29-3

…tent of which shall be determined by the authority under the conditions mentioned in Article R. 612-21.Upon receipt of the complete application, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution ha…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Technical and financial profit-sharing

Article A132-11

…udes the items of expenditure and income relating to ancillary guarantees corresponding to category 21 of the said Article and appearing, in Article 423-28 of Regulation No. 2015-11 of 26 November 201…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
14° : Tax reduction granted for cash subscriptions to the capital of companies and for subscriptions to shares in innovation investment funds (fonds communs de placement dans l'innovation)

Article 199 terdecies-0 AB

…this 1 with a service of general economic interest, within the meaning of Commission Decision 2012/21/EU of 20 December 2011 on the application of Article 106(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of t…

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