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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Obligations of the management company, the entity responsible for centralisation and the statutory auditor

Article L214-24-44

General purpose investment funds and their management companies shall act independently and solely in the interests of their unitholders or shareholders. They must offer sufficient guarantees with reg…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Measures to prevent and manage banking crises

Article L613-44-1

The resolution college shall ensure compliance by the persons under its jurisdiction with the requirements set pursuant to Article L. 613-44 in coordination with the supervisory college. Where the res…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Interest for late payment

Article 440 bis

I. - Any tax, duty or charge provided for in this Code that has not been paid within the legal time limit shall give rise to the payment of interest on arrears.Interest for late payment applies from t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3121-44

Pursuant to Article L. 3121-41, a company or establishment agreement or, failing that, a branch agreement or convention may define the terms and conditions of the organisation of working time and orga…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-44

A decree determines the conditions under which the expenses relating to the maintenance of salary and the reimbursement of travel expenses are borne by the bodies and juries mentioned in article L. 31…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: People with disabilities

Article A212-44

For people with disabilities, the Regional Director for Youth, Sport and Social Cohesion may decide to adapt the entry tests, the training programme and the assessment and certification tests. This de…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Effects of sectoral collective agreements

Article L7343-44

Where a platform is bound by the clauses of a sector agreement, these clauses shall apply to commercial contracts concluded between the platforms and the workers referred to in Article L. 7341-1 whose…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2c: Marine fishing companies

Article 44 nonies

The taxable profits of small-scale fishermen, subject to a real tax regime, who set up for the first time between 1 January 1997 and 31 December 2010, are determined, for the first sixty months of act…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2a: Special provisions for certain new companies

Article 44 sexies

I. Companies subject by right or by option to an actual system of taxation of their results and which carry on an industrial, commercial or craft activity within the meaning of article 34 are exempt f…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Takeover bid

Article L2312-44

Within three days of publication of the offer, the offeror shall send the information memorandum referred to in III of Article L. 621-8 of the Monetary and Financial Code to the social and economic co…

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