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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to the preparation, assessment and implementation of preventive recovery plans

Article L613-35

…1024/2013 of 15 October 2013 and credit institutions or investment firms which constitute a significant part of the financial system within the meaning of Article 11(8) of Regulation (EU) No 806/2014…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Measures to prevent and manage banking crises

Article L613-34

…of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013;In the case of branches of credit institutions referred to in I of Article L. 511-10 and third-country unde…

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

Article L613-38

…onditions for triggering a resolution procedure mentioned in II of Article L. 613-49 or, where applicable, in I and II of Article L. 613-49-1 are met. The collège de résolution shall draw up preventiv…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Financial and prudential rules applicable to supplementary occupational pension funds

Article A385-3

Projections according to the three downgraded scenarios mentioned in b of I of Article R. 385-4 are carried out over the same period and using the same assumptions as those provided for in Article A.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Setting up.

Article L3334-3

A company which has had a company savings plan in place for more than three years shall open negotiations with a view to setting up a collective retirement savings plan or a contract mentioned in b of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Specific powers.

Article L4523-3

The Social and Economic Committee is informed following any incident that could have had serious consequences. It may analyse the incident and propose any action to prevent its recurrence. The follow-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L5151-3

The rights registered on the personal activity account, including in the event of the holder moving abroad, remain acquired by the holder until they are used or the account is closed.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common principles

Article L6323-3

…sion of this code, to use the rights recorded on their personal training account. The terms of application of this paragraph are set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.The personal training account cease…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5461-3

I.-Placing on the market or putting into service on French territory a medical device or its accessories is punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of 375,000 euros: 1° Without the EU declar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5462-3

…icle 18 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 has been improperly affixed;3° In the absence of a valid certificate of conformity drawn up in accordance with Article 51 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746;4° Not complyi…

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