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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Accounting obligations applicable to certain traders.

Article L123-28-2

By way of derogation from articles L. 123-12 to L. 123-23, the legal entities mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 123-16-1 may draw up an abbreviated balance sheet and an abbreviated profi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article L313-31

…nment of financial receivables", are subject, where necessary, to the provisions of articles L. 313-23 to L. 313-29.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Commitments giving rise to a diversification provision

Article L134-4

…blished pursuant to article L. 134-2, even on the basis of Book VI of the Commercial Code, Articles 2331 and 2377 of the Civil Code, Articles L. 310-25, L. 326-1 to L. 327-6 and L. 441-8 of this Code,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Creation of delegated communes within a new commune

Article L2113-17

The articles L. 2511-9, L. 2511-10-1 à L. 2511-13, L. 2511-15 et L. 2511-17to L. 2511-23, the fourth paragraph of Article L. 2511-25, les articles L. 2511-26, L. 2511-28 to L. 2511-33 of this code and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R225-20

…t out in Article 26 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the inte…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article R225-47

…t out in Article 26 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the inte…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Guarantees and indemnities granted to Board members

Article L7226-8

…y their council, under the conditions set out in the third and fourth paragraphs of article L. 7227-23.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition; manager approval or authorisation

Article L425-1

An organised trading facility is a multilateral system that brings together, at the manager's discretion, multiple buying and selling interests expressed by third parties in order to conclude transact…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Exchange of information

Article L561-29-2

When the department referred to in Article L. 561-23 receives a report made in accordance with Article L. 561-15 that concerns another Member State of the European Union, it shall forward this report…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medically assisted procreation.

Article L2162-4

As stated in Article 511-23 of the Criminal Code, reproduced below: "Introducing human embryos into the territory where the Public Health Code applies or removing them from this territory without the…

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