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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to the preparation of preventive resolution plans

Article L613-38

…cable, in I and II of Article L. 613-49-1 are met. The central bodies referred to in Article L. 511-30 , on the one hand, and the credit institutions and investment firms affiliated to them and their…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Subscription and purchase of shares by employees.

Article L225-197-1

…to account in these percentages. The percentages mentioned in the second paragraph are increased to 30% when the allocation of free shares benefits all of the company's salaried employees. Above the p…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Regulation of investments and other assets

Article A332-7

…assumption regarding changes in interest rates and the securities, real estate and foreign exchange markets. These assumptions make it possible to simulate the effects of an immediate and permanent in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Annexes Part A Book VIII

Article Annexe 8-4

…ted on the ballot paper. Voting takes place by post. Ballot papers must reach the guarantee fund by 30 November, the closing date of the ballot. Votes received by the guarantee fund are, on receipt, p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 200 quater A

…and 31 December 2023, the sum of €5,000 for a single, widowed or divorced person and €10,000 for a married couple subject to joint taxation. This sum is increased by €400 per dependant within the mea…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe B

…surname; - first name; - grade or post; - index of remuneration or monthly remuneration base; - marital status (single, married, partner in a PACS, cohabiting partner, widowed, divorced, legally s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book I: Public prosecutions and investigations

Article A1

…ese plans, pursuant to article L. 1214-3 of the Transport Code and article 28 of law no. 82-1153 of 30 December 1982 on the orientation of domestic transport. II.-The authorisation granted by the Publ…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R444-3

…d to the higher administrator of the Wallis and Futuna Islands by the competent health authority. " 30° Article R. 425-12 reads as follows: "Art. R. 425-12 .-The hospital practitioner responsible for…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 41-1-2

…s fine is set in proportion to the benefits derived from the breaches established, up to a limit of 30% of the average annual turnover calculated on the last three annual turnover figures known on the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Responsibilities

Article L2122-22

…allocation of communal properties used by municipal public services and to carry out all acts of demarcation of communal properties;2° To set, within the limits determined by the municipal council, t…

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