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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: The guarantee fund for policyholders against the failure of life and health insurance companies.

Article L423-4

The guarantee fund is a legal entity under private law. It is managed by a Management Board acting under the supervision of a Supervisory Board. The members of the Management Board and the Supervisory…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral operations

Article L2223-44

Communal and inter-communal undertakers in existence on 9 January 1993, the date of publication of the loi n° 93-23 du 8 janvier 1993 modifiant le titre VI du livre III du code des communes et relativ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Measures to prevent and manage banking crises

Article L613-48-1

I. - The resolution board shall take the measures referred to in I of Article L. 613-48 when it considers that one or more of the following conditions are met: 1° It has been established, prior to the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Measures to prevent and manage banking crises

Article L613-46-2

I. - When the matter is referred to it by the authority of another Member State of the European Union responsible for the supervision of a group on a consolidated basis for the purpose of reaching a j…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Prevention of business difficulties.

Article L611-10-4

The invalidity or termination of the amicable agreement does not render ineffective the clauses whose purpose is to organise its consequences.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the administrative authority concerning undertakings subject to the obligation to draw up an employment safeguard plan.

Article L1233-57-4

The administrative authority shall notify the employer of the validation decision within fifteen days of receipt of the collective agreement referred to in article L. 1233-24-1 and the homologation de…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Receipts, warrants and storage receipts

Article L522-37-4

The pledge of goods represented by a warehousing receipt constituted by the holder of this title is established with regard to third parties as well as with regard to the contracting parties by its en…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Measures to prevent and manage banking crises

Article L613-48-3

I. - The reduction in the nominal value or conversion of the own funds instruments referred to in I of Article L. 613-48 or, where applicable, of eligible commitments referred to in VII of the same ar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-4

In the event of all the shares in a limited liability company being combined in one hand, the provisions of article 1844-5 of the Civil Code relating to judicial dissolution shall not apply.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Sociétés en commandite simple.

Article L222-4

The company's Articles of Association must contain the following information: 1° The amount or value of the contributions of all the partners; 2° The share in this amount or value of each active or li…

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