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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IX: The European Company

Article L229-6

…in the general meeting. In the case of a single-member European Company, articles L. 225-25, L. 225-26, L. 225-72 and L. 225-73 do not apply to directors or members of the supervisory board of this co…

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

Article R356-31

…L. 356-21, R. 356-3, R. 356-5 to R. 356-5-2 and R. 356-30 as well as articles L. 632-1 and L. 612-26 of the Monetary and Financial Code are applicable, insofar as they are necessary for the exercise…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Training of lenders and intermediaries

Article D314-25

Lenders shall ensure that the professional knowledge and skills of their staff are kept up to date, as part of ongoing training, through appropriate professional training, the minimum duration of whic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval.

Article R511-3

…f Article L. 611-1 and Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 is assessed collectively.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Auctions.

Article D514-17

…icers competent to carry out public sales under the conditions set out in article 3 of the order of 26 June 1816 which establishes, in execution of the law of 28 April 1816, judicial auctioneers in to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-31

The first three paragraphs of Article L. 223-26 and Articles L. 223-27 to L. 223-30 do not apply to companies with only one member. In this case, the management report, the inventory and the annual ac…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Intermediary parent companies

Article R517-9

…3, Article L. 532-48, Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014, or the national provisions of the Member States of the European Union transposing Direc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Suspicious transaction reports

Article L621-17-7

…d of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Regulation) and repealing Directive 2003/6/ EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Directives 2003/124/ EC, 2003/125/ EC a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Retirement.

Article L1237-5

…° As part of any other early retirement benefit defined prior to the date of publication of law no. 2003-775 of 21 August 2003 on pension reform and having taken effect prior to 1 January 2010. Before…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Payment of council tax, property tax and the public audiovisual contribution due by individuals

Article 1681 ter

…xercised expressly and renewed tacitly each year.2. The deductions made each month, from January to October, are equal to one tenth of the tax assessed the previous year.However, the taxpayer may requ…

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