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Showing 771780 of 66753 articles for Art. s. L. 221-1 & L. 221-2

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to portfolio management companies

Article L533-22-1

…s shall include information on the risks associated with climate change as well as biodiversity risks. II.-Portfolio management companies shall make available to their subscribers and to the public a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for the extension of agreements.

Article L2261-23-1

…ofessional agreement must, unless justified, include the specific stipulations mentioned in Article L. 2232-10-1 for undertakings with fewer than fifty employees.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution.

Article L310-25-1

…l Code may only be opened in respect of a reinsurance undertaking mentioned in 1° of III of Article L. 310-1-1 after receiving the opinion of the Autorité de Contrôle. The president of the court may o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operating rules

Article L214-17-2

…s may also include unrealised capital gains; 2° By way of derogation from the provisions of Article L. 232-12 of the French Commercial Code, prior certification of the accounts by the statutory audito…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L561-2-1

…e applicable, the beneficial owner of the beneficiary of the contract referred to in III of Article L. 561-5. A business relationship is established when a person referred to in Article L. 561-2 enter…

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

Article L631-10-2

…sentative of the arrangements for implementing the precautionary measures taken pursuant to Article L. 621-2.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-1-2

As an exception to the provisions of Article L. 822-1-1, natural persons meeting the conditions of competence and professional experience may be exempted from all or part of the professional training…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4b: Compensation for victims of sodium valproate or its derivatives

Article L1142-24-12

If it finds that one or more of the injuries referred to in Article L. 1142-24-10 are attributable to the prescription, before 31 December 2015, of sodium valproate or one of its derivatives during pr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations of free shares.

Article L225-197-2

I.-Shares may be allocated, under the same conditions as those mentioned in Article L. 225-197-1 :

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-11-2

Services other than the certification of accounts that are not mentioned in II of Article L. 822-11 and in I of article L. 822-11-1 may be provided by the statutory auditor or the members of the netwo…

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