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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R322-119-3

The draft terms of merger provided for in article R. 322-106-6 shall be filed at the town hall of the municipality in which the registered office of each of the participating companies or funds is loc…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R431-16-3

Transactions covered by the State guarantee are recorded in separate accounts opened in the books of the Caisse Centrale de Réassurance, with one account for transactions carried out under Articles L.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Written agreements

Article L441-3-1

I.-The written agreement concluded either between the supplier and the wholesaler, as defined in I of article L. 441-1-2, or between the wholesaler and the distributor or service provider sets out the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Compliance orders

Article L521-3-1

When the authorised officers observe, with the powers provided for in this book, an infringement or failure to comply with the provisions mentioned in articles L. 511-5, L. 511-6 and L. 511-7 as well…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Economic aid

Article L3231-3-1

The départements may award operating subsidies to the local structures of representative trade union organisations under conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. The organisations thus su…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L613-34-1

In this Section and in Section 5 of this Chapter: 1° "Significant branch" means a branch of significant importance within the meaning of Article L. 613-32-1 ; 2° "Transnational group" means a group wi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L613-35-1

Persons required to draw up a preventive recovery plan pursuant to I and II of Article L. 613-35 shall set up a system for regular monitoring of the indicators mentioned in VI of the same article.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capital increases

Article R22-10-31

In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the report of the Board of Directors or the Management Board referred to in Article R. 225-114 shall indicate, in addition to t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capital increases

Article R22-10-32

For the purposes of the first paragraph of Article L. 22-10-52, the price shall be at least equal to the weighted average of the prices on the last three trading days prior to the start of the public…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capital increases

Article R22-10-36

The additional insertion in a notice published in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires of the notice by which the Board of Directors, or the Management Board, suspends the possibility of obt…

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