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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: General provisions.

Article L1142-3

Any clause in a collective labour agreement or contract of employment which reserves the benefit of any measure whatsoever to one or more employees on the grounds of sex shall be null and void.However…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Missions

Article L6333-1

…sse des dépôts et consignations is authorised to receive the resources mentioned in a of 3° of article L. 6123-5 and in articles L. 6331-6, L. 6323-36 and L. 6332-11. The Caisse des dépôts et consigna…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Governance

Article L224-21

The plan rules set out the list of assets 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 rul…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Data communication service providers

Article L549-1

Data communication service providers are defined in point 36a of paragraph 1 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in fina…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-37

In the absence of a written request from the holder of the plant variety certificate and except in cases provided for by European Union regulations, the customs administration may, in the course of it…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions applicable to management companies

Article L532-29

A portfolio management company referred to in Article L. 532-9 may manage third-country AIFs that are not marketed in the European Union, provided that : 1° The portfolio management company meets all…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Company accounts and accounting documents

Article L511-35

The provisions of Article L. 232-1 of the French Commercial Code are applicable to credit institutions, finance companies and investment firms under conditions set by the French Accounting Standards A…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article L228-12-1

I.-Preference shares bought back are used for the purposes set out in articles L. 225-204 to L. 225-214. II.-Preference shares repurchased in accordance with the provisions of III of Article L. 228-12…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IX: Special provisions for insolvency proceedings covered by Regulation (EU) No 2015/848 of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings

Article L691-2

The official receiver shall authorise the judicial representative appointed in the main insolvency proceedings opened by a court located on the national territory to make, pursuant to Article 36 of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions common to the various commercial companies.

Article L239-1

The Articles of Association may provide that the shares of sociétés par actions or the corporate units of sociétés à responsabilité limitée subject to corporation tax by operation of law or by option…

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