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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Mutual certificates

Article L322-26-9

I.-Mutualist certificates are redeemable only in the event of the liquidation of the issuer and after all preferential, unsecured and subordinated creditors have been paid in full. Redemption is made…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Keeping the national register of companies

Article L123-50

…ngs of documents annexed to the national register of companies referred to in Article L. 123-37 are carried out through the intermediary of the single body mentioned in article L. 123-33 and under the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Keeping the national register of companies

Article L123-51

The national register of companies is set up in digital format. It contains the digital files of registered companies and, within each file, all the information and documents that have been the subjec…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Keeping the national register of companies

Article L123-52

All the information entered and documents attached to the national register of companies, with the exception of accounting documents covered by a declaration of confidentiality, will be made available…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Keeping the national register of companies

Article L123-53

…ional police force and the national gendarmerie, as well as customs and tax officials authorised to carry out judicial investigations pursuant to Articles 28-1 and 28-2 of the Code of Criminal Procedu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Concerted exercise of powers

Article L1111-9-2

…lishments of inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status that have jurisdiction over the local urban development plan and of the municipal councils of the municipalities that have not transfe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 57

…ghts of the defence mentioned in article 56, the operations prescribed by the said article shall be carried out in the presence of the person whose home the search is taking place. If this is not poss…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Economic redundancies in the context of safeguarding, reorganisation or compulsory liquidation.

Article L1233-58

…event of receivership or compulsory liquidation, the employer, administrator or liquidator, as the case may be, who envisages redundancies, implements a redundancy plan under the conditions set out i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Economic redundancies in the context of safeguarding, reorganisation or compulsory liquidation.

Article L1233-59

…ovided for in article L. 1233-15 for sending letters of dismissal for economic reasons are not applicable in the event of receivership or compulsory liquidation. A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall d…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the implementation of a resolution measure

Article L613-54

…person subject to a resolution procedure or a bridge institution are transferred, on one or more occasions. These structures are responsible for managing these assets with a view to realising them at…

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