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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Supervision of groups on a consolidated basis

Article L613-21-6

…es within the meaning of Article 4(1)(40) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 which have authorised or supervise the parent undertaking.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article L211-4

…account.By way of derogation, the securities account may be opened or, in the cases mentioned in 1 and 3 below, the entry in a shared electronic recording device may be made:1. In the name of a fonds…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article L211-5

…undertakings for collective investment, whether or not they have the form of a joint stock company, and may be carried out by their management company. For all such undertakings, this procedure is app…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article L211-3

Financial securities issued on French territory and subject to French law are registered either in a securities account held by the issuer or by one of the intermediaries mentioned in 2° to 7° of Arti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3121-14

…nch agreement may institute a working time equivalent to the legal working time for the professions and jobs mentioned in article L. 3121-13. This agreement determines the remuneration for periods of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Supplementary provisions

Article D3121-18

…aximum period of two months following entitlement, subject to the provisions of articles D. 3121-21 and D. 3121-22.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Supplementary provisions

Article D3121-19

Compulsory time off may be taken as a full day or half day at the employee's convenience. It is treated as a period of actual work for the purposes of calculating the employee's entitlement. It gives…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Compensation for pre-trial detention

Article R40-1

…aimant of the compensation or advance shall be made by the departments of the Ministerial Budgetary and Accounting Controller at the Ministry of Justice.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Exemptions of more than two years

Article 1384-0 A

New homes allocated to the principal dwelling and completed before 1 January 2023 are exempt from property tax on built properties for a period of twenty years from the year following that of their co…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Voter information, election campaign and voting operations

Article LO1112-14-1

…de mentioned in this sub-section are applicable to referendums organised by the communes of Mayotte and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, under the conditions laid down in the following articles of the Electo…

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