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Showing 77817790 of 9169 articles for Art. CE 24-11-2014 n° 352402

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: European UCITS management companies

Article L532-20-1

…opean Economic Area which manage one or more UCITS governed by French law and authorised in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009.The provi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Operators of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction

Article L321-15

…rarily or permanently banned from running such sales.II.-.Natural persons guilty of one of the offences under the provisions of this article are also liable to the following additional penalties:1° Pr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Supervision on a consolidated basis by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and college of supervisors

Article L613-20-6-1

…ble for supervision on a consolidated basis, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution receives an application for approval or exemption from approval referred to in Articles L. 517-13 and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Organisation of the Criminal Records Department

Article R64

…unicate to the automated national criminal records department the surnames, forenames, dates and places of birth and sex of persons over the age of twelve who appear in the national identification reg…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XI ter: Taxation of certain public limited companies, simplified joint stock companies and limited liability companies. Opting for the partnership system

Article 239 bis AB

…one or more persons having, within the said companies, the status of chairman, chief executive officer, chairman of the supervisory board, member of the management board or manager, as well as by the…

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In force

Article Annexe 8-1

…ubject in the exercise of his professional activity, whatever the nature of the engagements or services he provides. Its provisions are binding on all statutory auditors, regardless of their mode of p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Services relating to registers

Article A743-10

I.-The services listed under numbers 39 to 84 of the table mentioned in article A. 743-8 give rise to the collection of the following fees:Service number the service (table 2 of article appendix 4-7)…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors

Article R114-10

The Board of Directors, through its deliberations, regulates the affairs of the Centre de ressources, d'expertise et de performance sportive.Its deliberations relate in particular to:1° The establishm…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Retirement savings plans giving rise to membership of a group insurance contract

Article L142-7

I.-Before 1 January 2023, insurance undertakings may be authorised, under the conditions set out in this article, to transfer all or part of their portfolio of commitments corresponding to :the contra…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Common provisions

Article 706-105-1

I.-Notwithstanding Article 11, the Paris Public Prosecutor may, for investigation or inquiry proceedings falling within the scope of Article 706-72-1, communicate to the State services mentioned in se…

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