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Showing 14411450 of 37430 articles for Art. L. 123-33 · formalites.entreprises.gouv.fr

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Operating rules

Article L214-24-52

Notwithstanding the provisions of the first paragraph of article L. 123-22 of the French Commercial Code, the accounts of a general-purpose investment fund may be kept in any currency, in accordance w…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I.

Article L921-3-1

For the application in Mayotte of article L. 123-37, farm managers subject to the criterion of the third paragraph of the same article and engaged in marine farming activities are identified separatel…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Procedures and internal control

Article L561-32

I. - The persons referred to in Article L. 561-2 shall set up an organisation and internal procedures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, taking into account the risk assessment provid…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Withdrawal of approval and deregistration

Article L532-11

…sion of the Autorité des marchés financiers, which may impose the sanctions provided for in article L. 621-15, including deregistration. It may only refer to its status as a portfolio management compa…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Moral rights

Article L121-2

The author alone has the right to disclose his work. Subject to the provisions of article L. 132-24, it determines the disclosure process and sets the conditions of disclosure. After his death, the ri…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Audit of operating accounts

Article L213-35

…L. 213-33 of this code, which presents its observations. The final audit report is sent to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Drawing up and auditing the accounts of the social and economic committee

Article L2315-64

I.-The Social and Economic Committee is subject to the accounting obligations defined inarticle L. 123-12 of the French Commercial Code. Its annual accounts are drawn up in accordance with the procedu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L571-4

…t institution, finance company or one of the legal entities or subsidiaries referred to in Articles L. 612-24 and L. 612-26 to respond, after formal notice, to requests for information from the Autori…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to transferable securities

Article L228-3

…ure access to the capital, the intermediary registered under the conditions provided for in Article L. 228-1 is required to disclose information concerning the owners of these securities at the reques…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: National register of persons prohibited from managing assets

Article L128-4

No interconnection within the meaning of 3° of I of the article 33 de la loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 précitée ne peut être effectuée entre le fichier national automatisé des interdits de gérer et t…

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