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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Supervision on a consolidated basis by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article R613-3-2

When the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution receives an application for authorisation pursuant to I of Article L. 613-20-4, it shall give its decision no later than six months from recei…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Derogations on a geographical basis

Article L3132-24

I.-Retail establishments providing goods and services and located in international tourist zones may provide weekly rest in shifts for all or some of their staff, under the conditions set out in artic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Derogations on a geographical basis

Article L3132-25

Retail establishments which provide goods and services and which are located in tourist areas characterised by a particularly large influx of tourists may provide weekly rest in rotation for all or so…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article R22-10-23

For an uninterrupted period beginning no later than the twenty-first day prior to the meeting, companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market shall publish the following informat…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Single section Sports agents

Article A222-3

When a sports agent brings together parties interested in concluding a contract relating to the exercise of a sporting or training activity for remuneration, with the exception of that referred to in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Contributions to a company, legal entity or grouping

Article 811

The following shall be registered free of charge:1° Deeds recording pure and simple extensions of companies;2° Deeds of dissolution of companies which do not involve any transfer of movable or immovab…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article A441-4

I. - The calculations of the theoretical mathematical provision referred to in Article R. 441-21 and the distribution of rights referred to in Article R. 441-27 are carried out using the mortality tab…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: Solvency requirements

Article A385-2

The projection according to the scenario mentioned in a of I of article R. 385-4 is carried out over the ten financial years following the end of the previous financial year and according to the follo…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-4 (art. R322-27)

EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF GENRES OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT(HEREBY REFERRED TO AS "PPE") NOT FALLING WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE SPORT CODE1. PPE designed and manufactured specifically for armed forces or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Freedom to provide services

Article R4322-17

The provisions of articles R. 4311-38 to R. 4311-41-2 are applicable to the provision of services by chiropodists whose declaration is provided for in article L. 4322-15.

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