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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Resolution of groups for which the collège de résolution is an individual resolution authority

Article L613-61-2

I. - When consulted by the consolidated resolution authority with a view to reaching a joint decision on a group resolution scheme referred to in Article L. 613-60-2, the resolution college shall prov…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Non-voting preference shares.

Article L228-35-6

Holders of non-voting preference shares are convened to a special meeting under conditions set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. Any shareholder holding non-voting preference shares may attend the spec…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Intervention by the fund in the event of the withdrawal of an insurance undertaking's administrative authorisation

Article L421-9-6

…er, subscriber or beneficiary, the procedures and deadlines for compensation and the rules relating to customer information. The same decree also sets an overall multiannual ceiling for the Fund's inv…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Cooperation and exchange of information with European supervisory and resolution authorities

Article L632-6-3

Notwithstanding the provisions of Law no. 68-678 of 26 July 1968 relating to the disclosure of economic, commercial, industrial, financial or technical documents and information to foreign natural or…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Other consequences

Article L232-23-6

…gency finding an anti-doping rule violation and the agreements concluded in accordance with article L. 232-22 shall be made public after being notified to the persons who have been the subject of them…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Organisation and operation

Article L5721-6-3

…ission for intercommunal cooperation meeting in the formation provided for in the second paragraph, to withdraw from a mixed syndicate in order to join a community of communes or, where the statutes o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Derogations on a geographical basis

Article L3132-25-6

…cated within the grounds of a station that is not included in one of the zones mentioned in article L. 3132-24 to provide weekly rest in shifts for all or some of their staff, in view of the exception…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custodian

Article L214-24-6

To avoid conflicts of interest between the depositary, the management company, the AIF and its unit-holders or shareholders:1° The AIF or its management company does not act as depositary ;2° A princi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L533-30-6

The fixed portion of the total remuneration of the persons referred to in Article L. 533-30 represents a sufficiently large portion of the total remuneration to allow the greatest possible flexibility…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions

Article L212-6-9

Film planning commissions authorise or refuse projects in their entirety.

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