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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The trade union committee.

Article L5212-6

The trade union committee is set up in accordance with the rules laid down in articles L. 5211-7, L. 5211-8 and, unless otherwise provided for in the founding decision, in article L. 5212-7.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee participation on the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board

Article L2363-8

Where no agreement has been concluded and the special negotiation body has not taken the decision provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 2362-7, employee participation in the European Coop…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L171-2

The parties to the contract may not depart from the provisions of articles L. 171-3, L. 172-2, L. 172-3, L. 172-6, L. 172-8, L. 172-9, L. 172-13 (second paragraph), L. 172-17, L. 172-20, L. 172-22, L.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Financial investment advisers.

Article D541-8

For the application of article L. 541-2, financial investment advisers who are natural persons and natural persons with the power to manage or administer legal persons authorised as financial investme…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Scope of application

Article L314-5

Except in cases where the user is a natural person acting for non-business purposes, all or part of sections 3 and 4 of this chapter may be waived, with the exception of III of article L. 314-7 and I…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Administration of the société européenne.

Article R229-23

The member of the Supervisory Board who, pursuant to the second paragraph of article L. 229-7, the duties of a member of the Management Board in the event of a vacancy on the latter, is appointed for…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-9-5

The annual report provided for in Article L. 132-9-3-1 includes the following information (all technical provisions combined, expressed in the form of a theoretical mathematical provision for point-ba…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title II: Investment services, services related to investment services and data communication services

Article D321-1

The investment services referred to in Article L. 321-1 are defined as follows:1. The service of reception and transmission of orders on behalf of third parties is the act of receiving and transmittin…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R356-56

The publication of the Group Solvency Capital Requirement referred to in Article R. 355-7, as included in the report referred to in Article R. 356-55, shall indicate, separately, the amount calculated…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Measures to boost cinema distribution

Article 916-14

The amount of selective aid granted in application of articles 223-1 and 223-9 for the distribution of previously unreleased works other than those mentioned in articles 222-7 and 222-8 and repertory…

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