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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R322-119-2

Notwithstanding the provisions of article R. 322-59, paragraph 1, notices of general meetings are sent to members by post or electronically or by advertisement, at least fifteen days before the date o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Merger of mutual insurance companies

Article R322-106-11

On pain of nullity, the companies participating in a merger operation are required to file a declaration with the clerk of the judicial court in which, on the one hand, they describe all the acts carr…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Reorganisation measures for companies whose registered office is located in a Member State of the European Union

Article R*323-11

When it decides to implement one of the reorganisation measures defined in Article L. 323-8, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution : 1° As a matter of urgency, inform the competent auth…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Operations of strategic interest to the French economy abroad

Article R442-11-3

I. - The granting of the guarantee, except when it is granted to a credit institution, finance company, insurance and reinsurance company, mutual insurance company and provident institution, under Fre…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company

Article L23-10-11

The transfer is again subject to articles L. 23-10-7 to L. 23-10-9when it occurs more than two years after the expiry of the period provided for in article L. 23-10-7. If during this two-year period t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions common to the various commercial companies.

Article L23-11-1

Any holder of shares in a company may give a commitment to all of the company's employees to share with them part of the capital gain on the sale or repurchase of his shares on the day he sells or rep…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article L641-11-1

I. - Notwithstanding any legal provision or any contractual clause, no indivisibility, termination or resolution of a contract in progress may result solely from the opening or pronouncement of a judi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: The network of Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

Article L712-11-1

Without prejudice to specific legislative provisions, when a private-law or public-law person takes over all or part of the activity of a chamber of commerce and industry, whatever the legal classific…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Supervision, inspection and discipline.

Article L811-11-3

The auditor of a debtor subject to safeguard, receivership or compulsory liquidation proceedings may not invoke professional secrecy in response to requests from the auditor of the court-appointed adm…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Supervision, inspection and discipline.

Article L811-11-1

Court-appointed administrators are required to appoint a statutory auditor who is responsible for auditing their special accounts and, in this capacity, carries out a permanent task of auditing all fu…

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