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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Tasks and scope of application

Article L612-2

I.-The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution is responsible for :A.-In the banking, payment services and investment services sector:1° Credit institutions ;2° The following personsa) Invest…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Disclosure of accounts

Article L232-24

The registrar, when he finds that the filing provided for in I of Articles L. 232-21 to L. 232-23 has not been made, shall inform the president of the commercial court so that he may apply Article L.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Principles.

Article L4622-5-1

Without prejudice to the third paragraph of Article L. 1251-22, where a company has its own occupational health and prevention service, this service may, under conditions laid down by agreement, ensur…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter V: Common provisions

Article L455-2

Sont considérés, au regard de la récidive, comme une même infraction, les délits prévus et réprimés par:1° Les articles L. 121-2 à L. 121-4 et L. 132-2, les articles L. 122-1 to L. 122-5 and L. 132-25…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2681-2

For the application in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories of the legislative provisions of Book I:1° In article L. 2112-4, the words: "of the Member States of the European Union" are replac…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Decisions and appeals.

Article L464-5-1

The financial penalties imposed in application of articles L. 464-2, L. 464-3 and L. 464-5 may be subject to a surcharge of up to 10% of their amount, payable by the sanctioned organisation or company…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capital increases

Article L22-10-54

The provisions of articles L. 225-147 and L. 22-10-53 are not applicable in the event that a company whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market carries out a capital increase as consid…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for admission to the profession

Article L775-23

I.-Subject to the provisions of II, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand colum…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Possibility of an agreement and specific terms and conditions resulting therefrom.

Article L1233-23

The agreement provided for in Article L. 1233-21 may not derogate from : 1° from the general rules of information and consultation of the social and economic committee provided for in articles L. 2323…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the administrative authority concerning undertakings subject to the obligation to draw up an employment safeguard plan.

Article L1233-57-3

In the absence of a collective agreement or in the event of an agreement not covering all of the points mentioned in 1° to 5° of article L. 1233-24-2, the administrative authority shall approve the do…

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