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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-42

…inance company so warrants, the Governor of the Banque de France, Chairman of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, shall, after obtaining the opinion of the Autorité de contrôle prude…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article L512-42

The accounts of the caisses de crédit agricole mutuel must be kept in accordance with the requirements of the accounting and banking authorities and in accordance with the instructions of the central…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The National Enforcement Committee

Article L561-42

The chairman of the National Sanction Commission appoints a rapporteur. The rapporteur may not receive any instructions. The Commission shall reach its decision by reasoned decision, without the prese…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3121-42

In companies which have introduced a system for organising working time over a reference period longer than a week, employees are informed within a reasonable time of any change in the distribution of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-42

Where an employee is appointed to sit on an administrative or joint commission, council or committee dealing with employment and training issues, the employer shall allow him the time necessary to att…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Cross-border mergers

Article L236-42

I.-On pain of nullity of the cross-border merger, the registrar of the court within whose jurisdiction the company taking part in the cross-border merger is registered shall, within a period to be det…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Recourse in the event of non-acceptance and non-payment.

Article L511-42

…bearer must give notice of non-acceptance or non-payment to his endorser within four working days following the day of the protest or the day of presentation in the case of a no-cost return clause. No…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Expertise

Article L512-42

Where the expert opinion has been requested or where it has been decided by the public prosecutor or the investigating or trial court, two experts shall be appointed; one shall be appointed by the pub…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Composition.

Article L5211-42

A departmental commission for inter-communal cooperation is set up in each department. It is chaired by the State representative in the department. The latter is assisted by a general rapporteur and t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Implementing provisions

Article L6323-42

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall lay down the conditions for the application of this section.

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