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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article R22-10-28

I.-Notwithstanding the provisions of Article R. 225-86, in companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market or to the operations of a central depository, the right to participate i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article D775-21

…wording resulting from the decreeD. 533-2-1n° 2007-904 of 15 May 2007D. 533-3 to D. 533-5No. 2017-1324 of 6 September 2017D. 533-11 with the exception of its 5th and 6th paragraphsn° 2021-941 of 15 Ju…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L113-12-2

…cel the contract at any time from the date of signature of the loan offer defined in article L. 313-24 of the Consumer Code. The policyholder shall notify the insurer or its representative of his requ…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Provisions relating to the opening of a branch and the exercise of the freedom to provide services.

Article L321-11-3

…dice to Article 35 of Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Insurance and Occupational…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.

Article L641-3

…declare their claims to the liquidator in accordance with the procedures set out in articles L. 622-24 to L. 622-27 and L. 622-31 to L. 622-33. If the determination of the tax base and calculation of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Supervision on a consolidated basis by a competent authority of another Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L613-21-6-1

…uant to Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010. A referral to the European Banking Authority in accordance with the previous parag…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions for admission to the profession

Article L773-3

…6 of 23 June 2021 L. 511-11 Ordinance no. 2014-158 of 20 February 2014 L. 511-12-1 Order no. 2015-1024 of 20 August 2015 L. 511-12-2 Law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 511-13 Order no. 2015-558 of 21…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Examination of the application.

Article R5141-18

By way of derogation from the first paragraph of Article R. 5141-16, for the veterinary medicinal products mentioned in this Article, the dossier attached to the marketing authorisation application is…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction and referral to the criminal court

Article D45-2-1

…to the court clerk's office by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt received at least 24 hours before the date of the hearing. If the property had been placed in legal custody, the perso…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Supervision on a consolidated basis by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and college of supervisors

Article L613-20-6

…asis of Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010.III. - Where it is intended to take one or more of the measures provided for in I o…

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