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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Criminal penalties

Article L2223-35-1

…contract is an individual contract or membership of a group contract within the meaning of Article L. 141-1 of the Insurance Code, the contract must explicitly provide for the option for the contract…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions common to corporate officers of sociétés anonymes.

Article L225-94-1

Without prejudice to the provisions of articles L. 225-21, L. 225-54-1, L. 225-67, L. 225-77 et L. 225-94, a natural person may not simultaneously hold more than five offices as chief executive office…

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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 L421-9-1

…de résolution takes, with regard to an undertaking mentioned in the first paragraph of I of Article L. 421-9 and authorised in France, the protective measure provided for in 14° of I of Article L. 612…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement and progress of the receivership.

Article L631-19-2

…taking with at least one hundred and fifty employees or constituting, within the meaning of article L. 2331-1 of the French Labour Code, a dominant undertaking of one or more undertakings with a total…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Agricultural risk compensation scheme

Article L442-1-5

…Evaluates the technical provisions in accordance with the rules applicable to insurance undertakings.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General principles

Article L1611-5-1

…ublic health establishments and, when they are set up as public health establishments under article L. 6133-7 of the Public Health Code, health cooperation groups; > 3° The State, public health establ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and internal control

Article L533-29-1

…ody and shall reflect the importance of the investment firm in each Member State in which it operates. The board of directors, the supervisory board or any other body performing equivalent supervisory…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Etablissements publics de coopération intercommunale dotés d'une fiscalité propre.

Article L5211-28-1

…(no. 2003-1311 of 30 December 2003), indexed according to the rate mentioned in 3° of I of article L. 2334-7. From 2012, the amounts previously received under I of D of Article 44 of the aforemention…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Concerted exercise of powers

Article L1111-9-1

…ercise of the competences of territorial authorities, their groupings and their public establishments.The territorial conference on public action may debate and issue opinions on all matters relating…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Conditions for negotiating agreements concluded in undertakings without a trade union delegate or works council

Article L2232-29-1

Company or establishment agreements concluded in accordance with the procedures set out in paragraphs 1 to 3 of this sub-section may not come into force until they have been filed with the administrat…

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