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Showing 52715280 of 9933 articles for Art. EU Mutual Assistance Directive 2010/24/EU

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Promotion of online investment offers

Article L572-28

…L. 573-9, L. 573-12 and L. 573-15 shall be liable to one year's imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title IV: Group insurance

Article A142-1

…do not apply to commitments governed by Articles L. 441-1 of this Code, L. 222-1 of the Code de la Mutualité and L. 932-24 of the Code de la Sécurité Sociale.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : The Regional Economic and Social Council

Article R4134-27

The deliberation of the regional council setting the allowances mentioned in Article R. 4134-24 provides, after consultation with the president of the regional economic, social and environmental counc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Buildings where the lowest floor of the last storey is more than eight metres above ground level

Article R4216-27

The internal layout of the buildings referred to in Article R. 4216-24 is such as to limit the spread of fire and smoke, in particular by cross-cutting or compartmentalisation. The interior fittings o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Governance

Article L224-21

…to which payments may be allocated. Where this list includes assets other than units in the company mutual funds mentioned in article L. 214-164, the plan rules provide for the setting up of a supervi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Procedural provisions and respect for the rights of policyholders and creditors

Article L311-53

…shall notify its decision :1° the Minister for the Economy and, where applicable, the Minister for Mutual Societies or the Minister for Social Security ;2° To the supervisory board ;3° To the fund(s)…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General rules.

Article L324-1-2

…ance or insurance undertakings having their head office in France or in another Member State of the European Union, one or more provident institutions or unions governed by Title 3 of Book 9 of the So…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan

Article L3334-12

…L. 3332-15, the collective retirement savings plan may not provide for the acquisition of units in mutual funds governed by article L. 214-165 of the Monetary and Financial Code, or shares in open-en…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions.

Article L123-11-5

Persons exercising the activity of direct debit shall implement the obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing defined in Chapter I of Title VI of Book V of the

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Opposition to cold calling

Article L223-7

The conditions for direct canvassing using an automatic calling machine, fax machine or electronic mail are set out in the Article L. 34-5 of the French Post and Electronic Communications Code.

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