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Showing 10711080 of 37670 articles for Art. s. L. 145-48 & L. 145-50

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Accounting and prudential provisions

Article L773-5

…dicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting fromL. 511-35 Ordinance no. 2020-1142 of 16 September 2020 L. 511-36 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Retirement savings plans giving rise to membership of a group insurance contract

Article L142-6

…ent coverage of the commitments covered by the auxiliary allocation accounts referred to in Article L. 142-4, and without prejudice to any proceedings under Title I of Book III, the insurance undertak…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Penalties.

Article L211-27

…es, compound fines and fines imposed for breach of the insurance obligation provided for in article L. 211-1, including fines which a pardon would have replaced imprisonment, are subject to a surcharg…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Specific rules concerning third-country companies

Article L532-51

…ient has initiated the provision, other than through a branch authorised in accordance with article L. 532-48.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Specialist committees

Article L533-31

…ement functions within the investment firm. The branches of investment firms referred to in Article L. 532-48, where they are material in relation to their size, are required to provide evidence of th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions of validity.

Article L2232-13

…d to represent gives it the right to negotiate any provision applicable to that category of employees. Where the agreement or arrangement only concerns a specific professional category covered by an e…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Sociétés en commandite par actions.

Article L226-2

…tion formalities for which the founders of public limited companies are responsible by the articles L. 225-2 to L. 225-16. During the existence of the company, unless otherwise stipulated in the Artic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Undeclared work.

Article L8271-9

…m: 1° Documents proving that the registration, declarations and formalities referred to in articles L. 8221-3 and L. 8221-5 have been carried out, as well as those relating to the authorisation to pra…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Determination of seats allocated to organisations

Article L1441-4

…ustrial tribunal, college and section, on the basis of the number of councillors defined in article L. 1423-2 and, for employees' trade union organisations, the votes obtained at departmental level by…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Levies on casino gaming revenue.

Article L2333-57

…(Repealed)III. - (Repealed)IV. - Proceeds from gaming carried out in casinos governed by Article L. 321-3 of the Internal Security Code, except where they are registered in Wallis and Futuna, are s…

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