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

Article R356-25

…eferred to in Article R. 356-8 or the participating undertaking referred to in II of Article R. 356-24 shall submit to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, on behalf of the subsidiary…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the administrative authority concerning undertakings subject to the obligation to draw up an employment safeguard plan.

Article L1233-57-2

The administrative authority shall validate the collective agreement referred to in Article L. 1233-24-1 once it has ascertained that :1° It complies with articles L. 1233-24-1 to L. 1233-24-3 ; 2° Th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Negotiation procedures in companies with at least fifty employees

Article L2232-25-1

For the application of articles L. 2232-24 and L. 2232-25, the employer informs the members of the staff delegation of the social and economic committee of its intention to negotiate by any means that…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for authorising and operating public health establishments and medical biology analysis laboratories

Article R2131-7

The authorisation provided for in Article R. 2131-5-5 is issued for a period of seven years, under the conditions laid down in Articles R. 6122-23 to R. 6122-44. However, before taking the opinion of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Bodies of the commune.

Article D2573-6

…ions provided for in Ia to IV. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS IN THE VERSION RESULTING FROM R. 2121-1 Decree no. 2000-318 of 7 April 2000 R. 2121-2 Decree no. 2013-938 of 18 October 2013R. 2121-5 to R. 2121-8D…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L461-1

…n Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the words: "in Article 38 of EU Regulation No 1379/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the common organisation of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1466 D

…s-0 A.The benefit of the exemption is subject to compliance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-20

…33-12, articles L. 533-15 and L. 533-18 to L. 533-18-2, I of article L. 533-19, and articles L. 533-24 and L. 533-24-1 with regard to these transactions or any related services directly linked to thes…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Organisation

Article L2511-33

…2123-8, L. 2123-9, L. 2123-12 à L. 2123-15, II and III of article L. 2123-20, II of article L. 2123-24, the III of article L. 2123-24-1, the articles L. 2123-25 to L. 2123-29, L. 2123-31 to L. 2123-35…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article L743-10

…the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 214-166-1 to L. 214-168 Order no. 2017-1432 of 4 October 2017 L. 214-169 Act no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 214-170 Order no. 2019…

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