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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Reporting professional misconduct to the competent supervisory authorities and protection of whistleblowers

Article L783-15

…able: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 634-1 to L. 634-3 law no. 2022-401 of 21 March 2022 L. 634-4 Law no. 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016II - For the application of the articles men…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Reporting professional misconduct to the competent supervisory authorities and protection of whistleblowers

Article L784-15

…able: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 634-1 to L. 634-3 law no. 2022-401 of 21 March 2022 L. 634-4 Law no. 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016II - For the application of the articles men…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Reporting professional misconduct to the competent supervisory authorities and protection of whistleblowers

Article L785-14

…able: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 634-1 to L. 634-3 Law no. 2022-401 of 21 March 2022 L. 634-4 Law no. 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016II - For the application of the articles men…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation and operation of the High Council

Article R821-6

…f Auditors, the President of the Compagnie Nationale des Commissaires aux Comptes, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers or the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution. It may also act on its o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Terms of engagement and services of the statutory auditor

Article R823-21-1

…atutory auditor shall provide it with this report without delay. At the request of the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) or the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution (ACPR), the statuto…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Distribution and transmission of electricity (R).

Article R3333-4

…ch year, in proportion to the change in the engineering index, defined in the Journal officiel of 1 March 1974, measured over the twelve months prior to the publication of the index known on 1 January…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Information system concerning jobseekers and employees

Article R5312-40

…ata known as the "Nominative Social Declaration" mentioned inArticle 3 of Decree No. 2013-266 of 28 March 2013 on the Nominative Social Declaration; 2° The pre-employment declaration mentioned in Arti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Value added tax compensation fund

Article L1615-7

…Value Added Tax Compensation Fund in respect of their capital expenditure incurred over the period 2003-2014, under public contracting authority, on passive infrastructure incorporating their assets…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Commitments giving rise to a diversification provision

Article R134-9

…he insurance undertaking covered by Article L. 134-1 are those mentioned in 1°, 4°, 7°, 9°, 10° and 11° of Article R. 343-3. They are entered in the appropriation balance sheet provided for in b of ar…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Deductibles, exclusions from cover, forfeiture and recourse by the insurer.

Article R211-12

Where an insurance contract includes one of the exclusions of cover provided for in article R. 211-11, it must state that if the limitations of use which justify this exclusion are not complied with,…

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