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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Penal provisions.

Article R247-2

The fine provided for in Article 5 of the 131-13 of the French Penal Code for fifth-class offences shall be imposed if the chairman, director, chief executive or manager of a company issues securities…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services for portfolio management companies authorised in France

Article R532-24

I. - Any portfolio management company governed byArticle L. 532-9 which, having its registered office in mainland France, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, La Réunion, Mayotte and Saint-Martin, w…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services for portfolio management companies authorised in France

Article R532-25

I. When a portfolio management company plans to change any of the factors mentioned in 2°, 5° and 6° of II of Article D. 532-20 or any of the assessment factors communicated to the Autorité des marché…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures specific to the safeguarding, reorganisation or compulsory liquidation of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms

Article R613-21

The claims referred to in article R. 613-20 are the subject, at the request of the creditors' representative or the liquidator, of the publication, in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et com…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures specific to the safeguarding, reorganisation or compulsory liquidation of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms

Article R613-22

Claims that are not mentioned in article R. 613-20 may, by way of derogation from the provisions of article 66 of decree no. 85-1388 of 27 December 1985 mentioned above, be declared until the expiry o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures specific to the safeguarding, reorganisation or compulsory liquidation of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms

Article R613-20

…e debtor, the depositors, the guarantee fund, the administrators appointed by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and by the court, and by the liquidator appointed by the Autorité de…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures specific to the safeguarding, reorganisation or compulsory liquidation of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms

Article R613-23

Notwithstanding the provisions of articles R. 814-27 and R. 814-28 of the French Commercial Code, the remuneration of the judicial administrator, the judicial representative and the liquidator of a cr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Scope of application

Article 256 C

I.-Taxable persons who have in France the seat of their economic activity or a permanent establishment or, failing that, their domicile or habitual residence, with the exception of permanent establish…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title I: Insurance distribution

Article R511-2

…Distribution as an insurance or reinsurance intermediary and as an insurance intermediary on an ancillary basis may only be carried out for remuneration by the following categories of persons:1° Insur…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Tasks

Article R4641-21

The Regional Occupational Health and Prevention Committee provides guidance in the fields of occupational health and safety and the improvement of working conditions within the region. In addition to…

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