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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Approvals

Article L321-10

…l and the status of its shareholders or, in the case of the companies referred to in Article L. 322-26-1, the mutual insurers and associations referred to in Article L. 211-8 of the Mutual Code and th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to investment firms

Article L531-4

…raph 1 of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, or an insurance company or an undertaking for collective investment and which meets on…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Labelling and presentation of foodstuffs and feedingstuffs

Article R412-18

…egulation (EU) 2018/775 of 28 May 2018 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Article 26(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the provision…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Expenses

Article L4425-29

…tion publique territoriale;5° Under the conditions provided for in Article 88-1 of Law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the local civil service, expenditure relating to…

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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 L613-20-4

…of Article 4(1)(40) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 shall consult each other with a view to reaching a joint decision, within a period set…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Collection and control of contributions.

Article L5422-16

…iquelon fall within the jurisdiction of the courts referred to in Article 8 of Order no. 77-1102 of 26 September 1977 extending and adapting various provisions relating to social affairs to the Depart…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to safeguard procedures, receivership, compulsory liquidation and conciliation procedures applicable to credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms.

Article R613-14

…articular the determination of whether the company has ceased payments as defined in Article L. 613-26. The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall inform the Chairman of the Management…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Penalties

Article L621-15

…public offers of mutualist certificates referred to in the first paragraph of II of Article L. 322-26-8 of the Insurance Code, provided that these public offers are not offers referred to in 1° of Ar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Local investment funds

Article L214-31

…in c of 1 bis of I of Article 885-0 V bis of the French General Tax Code as it stood on 31 December 2017, subject to 3° of this I, and in d and e of 1 bis of I of the same Article 885-0 V bis as it st…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: List of penalties

Article L612-40

…reached a provision of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, with the exception of the requirements set out in Articles 92a and 92b thereof; 2° It…

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