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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Relations between public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status and their member municipalities

Article L5211-11-2

I. - After each general renewal of the municipal councils or an operation provided for in articles L. 5211-5-1 A or L. 5211-41-3, the president of the public establishment for intercommunal cooperatio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Governance of credit institutions and finance companies

Article L773-6

…cated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 511-51 Ordinance no. 2020-1635 of 21 December 2020 L. 511-52 Order 2014-948 of 20 August 2014 L.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Governance of credit institutions and finance companies

Article L774-6

…cated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 511-51 Ordinance no. 2020-1635 of 21 December 2020 L. 511-52 Order 2014-948 of 20 August 2014 L.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Sustainable development plan

Article L4424-10

I. - Corsica's sustainable planning and development plan is a regional ecological coherence scheme within the meaning of article

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for initiating resolution proceedings

Article L311-18

I.-The supervisory board and the members mentioned in 1° and 2° of I of Article L. 612-8-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code may refer the situation of a person mentioned in Article L. 311-1 to the r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation

Article L5217-1

…statistique et des études économiques, and which exercise the competences listed in I of l'article L. 5217-2 on the date of entry into force of Law no. 2014-57 of 27 January 2014 on the modernisation…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Subscription and purchase of shares by employees

Article L22-10-58

…r purchase shares may only be granted to the persons referred to in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 225-185 unless the company meets at least one of the following conditions in respect of the finan…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
New legislative part

Article liminaire

…essional who provides an online marketplace for consumers, within the meaning of 2° of I of Article L. 111-7; 16° Commercial practice: any commercial action, omission, conduct, approach or communicati…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Provisions relating to the adoption and implementation of a measure to reduce and convert own funds instruments

Article L613-48

…struments or eligible commitments referred to in VII issued by a person referred to in I of Article L. 613-34 may be reduced. These instruments may also be converted into equity securities mentioned i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations of free shares

Article L22-10-60

…gulated market, shares may only be allocated under the first and second paragraphs of II of Article L. 225-197-1 only if the company fulfils at least one of the following conditions in respect of the…

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