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Showing 36013610 of 3964 articles for Art. CA Paris – 24 Nov. 2016

French Insurance CodeIn force
Title IX: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article L390-1

This Book is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, with the exception of Article L. 322-3-2 and Titles V, VI and VII.The provisions of the first paragraph apply to insurance undertakings establ…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-27-1

I.-Where a supervisory authority concerned in another Member State communicates to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution a recovery plan for a subsidiary with its head office in that Me…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-1

I.-Except in cases of statutory appointment, the statutory auditors are appointed by the ordinary general meeting in legal entities which have such a body or by the body exercising a similar function…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Revenue

Article L3662-1

…l'article L. 3611-1 ;3° The resources mentioned in Articles L. 5215-32 to L. 5215-35; for the application of Article L. 5215-32, the metropole of Lyon collects, in respect of the authority to organis…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Environment and local services

Article L4424-35

Within the framework of national environmental policy, the territorial collectivity of Corsica defines the actions it intends to carry out for the protection of the environment on the island and deter…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and central counterparties

Article L613-33

…referred to in Articles L. 511-22 and L. 511-23 with the legislative and regulatory provisions applicable to them under the terms of Article L. 511-24. It may examine the conditions of their operation…

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

Article A332-1

…nt of a dispute, be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the French courts;-constitute an irrevocable and unconditional first demand guarantee. II - The guarantor credit institution referred to in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Monitoring exposure to occupational risk factors

Article L4163-16

…4 of this Code and, for the companies and establishments mentioned in articles L. 722-20 and L. 722-24 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, the agricultural social security funds may carry out or h…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Placement and support for jobseekers.

Article L5312-7

…ction includes expenditure on personnel and operating costs, financial and exceptional expenses and capital expenditure.These last two sections are financed by a contribution from the State and a cont…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Savings products

Article L743-11

…ollowing table shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting fromL.…

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