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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Accessibility obligations

Article L323-1

The investment service provider defined in article L. 531-1, the entity providing investment services without being subject to the authorisation procedure provided for in article L. 531-2 and the fina…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Declarations and filings concerning natural persons

Article R123-243

…ence, in application of articles L. 526-1 et seq, and the place of publication of this declaration; 2° In the case of his sole proprietorship: a) Its name, its trading name where applicable and, if it…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions applicable to investment service providers

Article L531-2

…e ;c) The Institut d'émission des départements d'outre-mer and the Institut d'émission d'outre-mer :2° a) Insurance and reinsurance undertakings governed by the Insurance Code;b) The collective invest…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Powers of the regions

Article L6121-2

…ing actions for prevention and the acquisition of a base of knowledge and skills defined by decree ;2° It promotes equal access for women and men to training courses and helps to develop the gender mi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional leagues

Article L132-2

…mbers of the federation or professional league or apply for membership of the federation or league; 2° Ensuring financial control of the activities of sports agents; 3° monitoring and assessing propos…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Services provided by an institution for occupational retirement provision established in another Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L370-2

Subject to obtaining the prior authorisation of the competent authority of their home country and the communication by this authority to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution of the req…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Single chapter: Treatment of over-indebtedness

Article R771-2

…ticle L. 811-1 are replaced by references to locally applicable provisions having the same purpose; 2° In Articles R. 712-6, R. 712-20 and R. 722-1, references to the Caisse d'allocations familiales o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIa: Fixed fine procedure

Article A37-28

When, in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph of Article R. 49-6, the competent public accountant sends the offender an extract from the enforcement order concerning him/her in the fo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Professional advisory committees

Article R6113-22

…rganisation at national and cross-industry level, on the proposal of their respective organisation; 2° One representative of each professional employers' organisation representative at national and cr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article R663-25

…decision by the juge-commissaire entered on the statement of claims mentioned in Article R. 624-8; 2° For any dispute concerning a claim for revendication or restitution that has given rise to a deci…

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