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Showing 22812290 of 29738 articles for Art. Décret n° 2019-1333 du 11 décembre 2019

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 II: Export transactions

Article R442-8-11

The risk exposure retained by the credit insurer co-signing the reinsurance treaty provided for in e of 1° of Article L. 432-2 is defined as follows: 1° When, in application of 1° of Article R. 442-8-…

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

Article R442-11-3

…uarantee is granted under the following conditions:1° It may not cover more than 80% of the amounts due to the beneficiaries of the guarantee ;2° Its duration may not exceed that of the financial comm…

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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

…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 the works council is consulted, pursuant to article L. 2323-33 of the Fr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter XI: Sharing capital gains on the sale of shares with company employees

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
Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.

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
Subsection 1: Supervision and inspection.

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
Subsection 1: Supervision and inspection.

Article L811-11-1

…ted administrators are the sole holders by virtue of a mandate received in the performance of their duties. This control also covers bank or postal accounts opened for business purposes in the name of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-11-3

I.-The statutory auditor may not take, receive or retain, directly or indirectly, an interest in the person or entity whose accounts he is responsible for certifying, or in a person who controls it or…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Sociétés de participations financières de profession libérale de conseils en propriété industrielle (French only)

Article R422-51-11

The dissolution of the company, when it does not result from removal from the list of industrial property attorneys, is notified to the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Propert…

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