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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R773-21

…hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 533-1-Bn° 2021-941 of 15 July 2021R. 533-1 and R. 533-2law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013R. 533-2-2no. 2014-1…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R774-21

…hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the version resulting from the decreeR. 533-1-Bn° 2021-941 of 15 July 2021R. 533-1 and R. 533-2law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013R. 533-2-2no. 2014-1…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R775-20

…hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 533-1-Bn° 2021-941 of 15 July 2021R. 533-1 and R. 533-2law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013R. 533-2-2no. 2014-1…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Governance of credit institutions and finance companies

Article L773-6

I.- Subject to the provisions of II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Governance of credit institutions and finance companies

Article L774-6

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-21-1

A director may become an employee of a public limited company on whose board he sits if, at the close of a financial year, that company does not exceed the thresholds defining small and medium-sized e…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Obligations of employers and debtors

Article 87-0 A

Persons required to make the withholding tax provided for in 1° of 2 of article 204 A declare each month to the tax authorities, directly or, for employers using the simplified arrangements provided f…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Alert mechanism

Article R212-94-4

In the internal market information system, the Ministry responsible for sports communicates the following information to the competent authorities of the other Member States of the European Union or p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-41

Any person who actively solicits mandates, by directly or indirectly proposing to one or more shareholders, in any form and by any means whatsoever, to receive a proxy to represent them at the meeting…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The status of the sole trader

Article L526-25

The sole trader may, at the written request of a creditor, waive the derogation provided for in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 526-22, for a specific undertaking for which he must state the term a…

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