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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Stock options.

Article L225-177

…eneral Meeting, acting on the report of the Board of Directors or the Management Board, as the case may be, and on the special report of the Statutory Auditors, if any, may authorise the Board of Dire…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Rules applicable to financial contracts, temporary acquisitions and sales of financial instruments and guarantees

Article R214-19

I. - A UCITS may not grant loans or act as guarantor on behalf of third parties. It may, however, acquire financial instruments referred to in article L. 214-20 which are not fully paid up. II. - A UC…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Building and civil engineering operations.

Article L4744-4

…for in Article L. 4532-16. A repeat offence is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros. The court may also impose the penalties provided for in article L. 4741-5.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Penalties and criminal liability

Article L3515-3

…ne and carbon monoxide yields exceed the maximum yields set under the terms of I of article L. 3512-15;5° Selling, distributing or offering free of charge cigarettes or roll-your-own tobacco:a) flavou…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Technical provisions for life assurance, marriage and natality insurance and capitalisation operations

Article R343-3

…on intended to cover a shortfall in assets in respect of contracted forward guarantees.A commitment may be provisioned for only one of the categories mentioned in this article.Subject to the provision…

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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 Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Provisions relating to the investigation of claims for compensation.

Article R424-12

…compensation by the guarantee fund, with regard to the conditions mentioned in article L. 425-1. It may also be consulted by the Minister for the Environment on draft regulations relating to the sewag…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions relating to the creation process

Article D331-25

…sub-group is awarded 2 points or 1 point depending on whether : a) The video game scores more than 15 points under the "Authors and Creative Collaborators" group: 2 points ; b) The video game scores…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Prohibitions

Article L511-7

…L. 423-15 of the same code. II. - The Autorité de contrôle p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions specific to Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Article R772-2

…l market ; "3° In Article R. 561-5-2, the references to the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1502 of 8 September 2015 and to Article 22 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of 23 July 2014 are rep…

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