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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Reorganisation and winding-up measures for credit institutions and investment firms

Article L613-31-7

By way of derogation from the provisions of Article L. 613-31-3 and II of Article L. 613-31-6, the provisions of the law of the Member State in which the winding-up proceedings have been opened relati…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Reorganisation and winding-up measures for credit institutions and investment firms

Article L613-31-1

This sub-section applies to the reorganisation measures and winding-up proceedings of credit institutions, investment firms other than portfolio management companies and their branches established wit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Reorganisation and winding-up measures for credit institutions and investment firms

Article L613-31-9

…appointed by the competent authority of another Member State shall be entitled to exercise in mainland France, in the overseas departments and in the Department of Mayotte and Saint-Martin all the po…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Reorganisation and winding-up measures for credit institutions and investment firms

Article L613-31-10

The obligations to publicise abroad the measures referred to in Article L. 613-31-3, to inform creditors and to notify other interested public authorities of these measures are met pursuant to Article…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegated federations

Article L131-19

…sibility for a particular sport, the powers conferred on the delegating federations by this section and by Articles L. 222-7, L. 222-11, L. 222-15, L. 222-16, L. 222-18, L. 222-19, L. 311-2 and L. 331…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Capital amortisation.

Article L225-199

…ve been fully or partially amortised lose their right to the first dividend provided for in article L. 232-19 and the repayment of the nominal value. They retain all their other rights.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement and progress of the receivership.

Article L631-19

I.-The provisions of Chapter VI of Title II, with the exception of the third and fourth paragraphs of Article L. 626-1, are applicable to the reorganisation plan, subject to the following provisions.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Logistical penalties

Article L441-19

For the application of articles L. 441-17 and L. 441-18, a guide to good practice is published and updated regularly. Each distributor shall communicate to the Director General of Competition, Consume…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Funeral services

Article L2223-19

…external funeral service is a public service mission comprising: 1° The transport of bodies before and after placing in the coffin; 2° The organisation of funerals; 3° The conservation care defined i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Professional equality between women and men and quality of life and working conditions

Article L2242-19

The negotiations provided for in article L. 2242-17 may also cover the prevention of the effects of exposure to the occupational risk factors provided for in article L. 4161-1. An agreement reached on…

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