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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-18

…ion venue that fails to comply with the requirements of I of this article, 3° of I or II of article L. 533-10, articles L. 533-11 to L. 533-12-4 and articles L. 533-24 and L. 533-24-1.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Endowments, grants and miscellaneous funds

Article L2335-17

…tratum and whose land territory is more than 50% covered by a Natura 2000 site mentioned in article L. 414-1 of the Environment Code. The individual allocation is determined in proportion to the popul…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L356-9

Where undertakings subject to group supervision pursuant to Article L. 356-2 do not comply with the requirements laid down in Article L. 356-15, or where these requirements are complied with but solve…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Geographical indications protecting industrial and craft products

Article L721-3

…Institut national de la propriété industrielle by a defence and management body, defined in article L. 721-4, representing the operators concerned. The approval decision is taken after : 1° Verificati…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Control of legality

Article L2131-6

…ive of the State in the department refers to the administrative court the acts mentioned in article L. 2131-2 that he considers contrary to legality within two months of their transmission.At the requ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services within the territory of States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L526-22

…following receipt of all the information referred to in I, and subject to the provisions of Article L. 526-23, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall communicate its decision to th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions and procedures for authorisation of investment service providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L532-3

…de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution verifies, in addition to the conditions set out in Article L. 511-10, whether the credit institution has: 1° Sufficient initial capital or endowment as determi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regulations

Article L611-1

…ed or transferred in these undertakings as well as in financial institutions, as defined in article L. 511-21, which directly or indirectly hold effective control over one or more credit institutions…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Challenge.

Article L2261-14

…failing that, for a period of one year from the expiry of the notice period provided for in Article L. 2261-9, unless a clause provides for a longer period.Where the agreement or arrangement which has…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article L622-7

…ohibition on payment of any claim arising after the opening judgment, not mentioned in I of Article L. 622-17. These prohibitions do not apply to the payment of maintenance claims. Similarly, it autom…

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