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Showing 26312640 of 58366 articles for Art. Ord. 2014-86 of 30 January 2014 · Loi 2015-990 of 6 August 2015

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L512-63

…titutions. They may receive deposits from any natural or legal person. They must grant at least 80% of their loans to their members, their members' members, cooperative societies, mutual benefit socie…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Government Commissioner

Article L512-65

…Minister for the Economy to each cooperative bank. The Government Commissioner attends all meetings of the Board of Directors or the Supervisory Board, the Management Board and the committees set up w…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L512-62

…are authorised to pay interest on their capital ensuring a return at most equal to the average rate of fixed-rate bonds with a final maturity of more than seven years, whose capital or interest is not…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Granting of exploitation licences and collection of income from the exploitation of rights

Article L324-6

The conditions under which collective management organisations grant authorisations to exploit rights are based on objective, transparent and non-discriminatory criteria. The amount of remuneration ch…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 3: Filing of accounting documents and declaration of confidentiality of annual accounts

Article A123-61

To carry out the electronic transmission of the accounting documents provided for in the second paragraph of Article R. 123-111, accompanied, where applicable, by the declaration of confidentiality of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 3: Filing of accounting documents and declaration of confidentiality of annual accounts

Article A123-62

…ngs and provident institutions file the annual financial statements, the decision on the allocation of profits, the annual report of the general manager or the management board, the annual report of t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 2: Filing of amending deeds

Article A123-60

The decision recording the closure of the liquidation of a European Economic Interest Grouping shall be filed by the liquidator at the registry of the court where the grouping is registered.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Termination of the duties of an employee court-appointed administrator in the event of termination of the employment contract

Article R811-67

The resignation of the salaried court-appointed administrator, the contractual termination of his employment contract or his retirement is brought to the attention of the national registration and dis…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Termination of the duties of an employee court-appointed administrator in the event of termination of the employment contract

Article R811-68

Any dismissal envisaged by the employer of a salaried judicial administrator is subject to the prior mediation procedure provided for in articles R. 811-65 to R. 811-67.In the event of serious miscond…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Comparative advertising

Article L122-6

…insertions for advertising defined in articles L. 122-1 and L. 122-2 do not give rise to the right of reply as defined by the Article 13 of the law of 29 July 1881 on the freedom of the press and the…

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