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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

Article L2223-44

…for inter-communal cooperation that has decided to exercise the competence provided for in Article L. 2223-40. If, within this period, the agreement has not been reached because of the competent auth…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions relating to the use of a liability management structure

Article L311-48

…ailed, it shall issue a call for tenders to designate an insurance undertaking mentioned in Article L. 310-1 likely to take over the rights and obligations arising from the trust contract of the perso…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L613-41-2

…gulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 in Articles L. 511-41 and L. 533-2, the resolution college shall limit the liabilities that credit institutions…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L613-41-1

…stipulation to the contrary, the general meeting of any of the persons referred to in I of Article L. 613-34 may delegate to the competent body its authority to decide to issue Tier 1 capital instrum…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L356-4

I.-In the case provided for in Article L. 356-3, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may decide, after consultation with the group supervisor and the ultimate parent undertaking at EU…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the administrative authority concerning undertakings subject to the obligation to draw up an employment safeguard plan.

Article L1233-57-4

…lidation decision within fifteen days of receipt of the collective agreement referred to in article L. 1233-24-1 and the homologation decision within twenty-one days of receipt of the complete documen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the analysis of the group's resolvability

Article L613-43-1

…olution authority of a subsidiary in order to carry out the assessment provided for in I of Article L. 613-41, the resolution college shall provide all the cooperation required. It shall carry out thi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Provisions relating to the setting up of a relay establishment

Article L613-53-4

…th another person ; 2° The bridge institution no longer meets the requirements laid down in Article L. 613-53-1 ; 3° All or most of the assets, rights or obligations of the bridge facility have been t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Storage receipts

Article L522-37-4

…to the contracting parties by its entry in the register mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 522-37-2 under the conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.No security other than th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Setting up a collective shop

Article L125-4

Each member of the economic interest grouping or company is the holder of shares that cannot be dissociated from the use of a pitch determined by the constitutive contract or the Articles of Associati…

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