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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial events

Article A762-3

The declaration of the programme of events held in a registered exhibition centre, provided for in Article R. 762-5, drawn up on the basis of information gathered from the organisers of the said event…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Agreement

Article R5132-12

…ion commitments made by the structure and the indicators designed to report on actions and results; 5° The conditions of cooperation envisaged with the institution mentioned in article L. 5312-1 in or…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Judicial police officers

Article 21

The following are deputy judicial police officers: 1° Civil servants in the active services of the national police who do not meet the conditions laid down by article 20; 1° bis Volunteers serving as…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Fundamental missions

Article L141-6

I. - The Banque de France is authorised to obtain information from credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, participative finance intermediaries, the undertakings referre…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 8: Special provisions for non-trading property investment companies

Article L214-115

…t purpose, regardless of their form; 4° Deposits and cash defined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat ; 5° Current account advances granted pursuant to article L. 214-101 ; 6° Forward financial instrument…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health protection.

Article L1521-6

…cooperation group" and the words: "under the conditions set out in Article L. 6122-13" are deleted;5° In Article L. 1131-3, the words "subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Article L. 11…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Insurance against natural disasters.

Article L125-1-2

…nise a state of natural disaster were based, in accordance with the conditions laid down by decree; 5° Presenting, at least once a year, an assessment of the requests for recognition of the state of n…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-16

…o the decision to withdraw authorisation may be completed. Notwithstanding the provisions of 4° and 5° of article 1844-7 of the French Civil Code, the early dissolution of a credit institution or fina…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-45

…nking income and turnover ;3° Number of full-time equivalent employees;4° Profit or loss before tax;5° Amount of income tax payable by the branches, distinguishing current tax from deferred tax;6° Pub…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Annual consultation on the economic and financial situation of the company

Article L2312-25

…ngs which do not take the form of a commercial company, the accounting documents which they draw up;5° Information relating to the company's research and technological development policy.

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