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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: The electronic portal

Article R814-58-9

…l'article R. 814-58-6.II. - The rights of access and rectification provided for in articles 39 and 40 of this same law may be exercised with the Conseil national des administrateurs judiciaires et de…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to insurance undertakings.

Article R322-7

The Statutory Auditors' special report provided for in the third paragraph of article L. 225-40 and the third paragraph of article L. 225-88 of the Commercial Code must contain, in addition to the inf…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Rental charges, taxes, fees and works

Article R145-36

The annual summary statement referred to in the first paragraph of article L. 145-40-2, which includes the liquidation and regularisation of service charge accounts, is communicated to the tenant no l…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Treatment of over-indebtedness and payment incidents

Article R721-26

…R. 131-33 to R. 131-37;2° Carries out the tasks devolved to the Banque de France by Articles R. 131-40 to R. 131-42, under the conditions specified in Articles R. 721-27 and R. 721-28.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Cemeteries and funeral operations (R).

Article R2512-35

…articles R. 2213-2-2, R. 2213-5, R. 2213-7, R. 2213-13, R. 2213-14, R. 2213-21, R. 2213-29, R. 2213-40, R. 2213-44, R. 2223-78and R. 2223-95.The notice provided for in article R. 2213-10 and the repor…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Failure to comply with the obligation

Article D8254-9

…n Article L. 8254-1 to deposit, without delay, with the Agency's Accounting Officer, a sum equal to 40% of the amount of the special contribution. This sum is calculated in accordance with article R.…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1a: The European Public Prosecutor's Office

Article 344-1

…who shall in turn be informed by customs officials on the basis of the second paragraph of Article 40 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

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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

…ision of the subsidiary in question to the competent authorities within the meaning of Article 4(1)(40) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 whi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions relating to financial investments

Article A421-4-7

…composition of the guarantee fund's investment portfolio may not exceed the following ceilings: 1° 40% for all listed shares ; 2° 6% for unlisted equities ; 3° 6% for all unlisted infrastructure inve…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to financial investments

Article A422-4

…composition of the guarantee fund's investment portfolio may not exceed the following ceilings: 1° 40% for all listed shares ; 2° 6% for unlisted equities ; 3° 6% for all unlisted infrastructure inve…

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