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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Supervision on a consolidated basis by a competent authority of another Member State of the European Union or another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article R613-4-1

…the parent undertaking, it shall do so by means of a bilateral agreement in accordance with Article 28 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010…

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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 R613-23

Notwithstanding the provisions of articles R. 814-27 and R. 814-28 of the French Commercial Code, the remuneration of the judicial administrator, the judicial representative and the liquidator of a cr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Compliance with the Code of Ethics

Article R8124-32

Without prejudice to the powers of the ethics officer provided for in article 28 bis of the aforementioned Act of 13 July 1983, employees involved in labour inspection activities may refer to the Cons…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Establishment of customs offices.

Article 49

1. Orders issued by the Director General of Customs and Excise set the opening and closing hours of customs offices. 2. However, customs offices may not be open for less than eight hours from 1st Apri…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 6 : Exceptional aid to compensate for the loss of turnover due to the ban on the sale and consumption of food and drink in cinemas

Article 919-100

The granting of the exceptional aid is subject to the provisions of national framework scheme no. SA.100959 authorised by the European Commission by decisions of 20 December 2021 C(2021)9880, 16 March…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Non-seizability of the principal residence

Article L526-4

When applying for registration in the Trade and Companies Register, the Special Register of Commercial Agents, the Special Register of Sole Proprietorships with Limited Liability or the National Regis…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Measures aimed at eliminating pay differentials between women and men in the company and ensuring a balanced distribution of each sex among senior executives and members of management bodies

Article D1142-16

Any gaps in representation between women and men as referred to in Article L. 1142-11 are published annually, no later than 1st March of the current year, in respect of the previous year, in a visible…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Health-related products

Article R1453-5

The company shall send the information mentioned in article R. 1453-3 to the authority responsible for the single public website: 1° No later than 1st September for agreements concluded, remuneration…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Health nurseries.

Article R2324-8

…ly with the standards for the rehabilitation of children set out in annex XXIV bis of decree no. 56-284 of 9 March 1956 supplementing decree no. 46-1834 of 20 August 1946, as amended, setting the cond…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Persons called upon to carry out seizures, rights and obligations of persons seizing and customs detention

Article 323-9

…rson be brought before him, a judicial police officer or a customs officer authorised under article 28-1 of the code of criminal procedure, or that he be released. When detainees are taken into police…

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