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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1a: Banking inclusion and prevention of over-indebtedness

Article L312-1-1-A

The Association française des établissements de crédit et des entreprises d'investissement (French Association of Credit Institutions and Investment Firms), referred to in Article L. 511-29, adopts a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41-1-A

I. - Credit institutions and finance companies are subject to an additional capital requirement over and above the requirements laid down respectively in part three of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: French investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L532-24-1-A

The provisions of Articles L. 532-23 and L. 532-24 apply ipso jure to the provision of the investment services mentioned in Article L. 321-1. They may also apply to the joint provision of related serv…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: European investment service providers

Article L532-20-1-A

Where the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution or the Autorité des marchés financiers has clear and demonstrable grounds for believing that an investment service provider operating under t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions concerning monitoring, controls and investigations

Article R632-1-1-A

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and the Autorité des marchés financiers shall communicate, on their own initiative, to the competent authorities of another Member State of the Eur…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Acts relating mainly to the family

Article A444-69-1

I.-For donations or legacies mentioned in 1° and 2° of article R. 444-11-1, the applicable rate is, where applicable, reduced to 0.45% for the portion of the base equal to or greater than €60,000 if i…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes I

Article Annexe I-2 (art. R122-4)

STATUTES TYPES OF LIMITED LIABILITY SPORTS UNIPERSONAL COMPANIESTREATTE I: FORM, NAME, OBJECT, REGISTERED OFFICE, DURATIONArticle 1 A limited liability company governed by these Articles of Associatio…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Provisions specific to the Popular Retirement Savings Plan

Article A144-2

Payments made by members of a plan are made payable to the insurance company and are deposited directly into the account(s) referred to in article R. 144-10. Such payments may also be made payable to…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title II: Rules relating to non-marine damage insurance

Article A125-1

The insurance contracts referred to in article L. 125-1 (first paragraph) are deemed to contain clauses that comply with those set out in Annex I to this article. The insurance contracts referred to i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: General obligations of traders

Article A123-4

The period of interruption of service at the end of which the declarant is authorised by the single body to transmit the single dossier mentioned in article R. 123-3 to the recipient bodies or, where…

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