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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Customs detention

Article L716-8-8

A decree in the Council of State shall set: 1° The conditions for applying the measures provided for in articles L. 716-8 to L. 716-8-6; 2° The conditions under which the destruction of goods likely t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks

Article L512-85

The Caisses d'Epargne network participates in the implementation of the principles of solidarity and the fight against exclusion. In particular, its purpose is to promote and collect savings and to de…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The network

Article L512-86

The savings bank network comprises the savings and provident institutions, the local savings companies, the Fédération nationale des caisses d'épargne et de prévoyance and the société de participation…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Savings and provident institutions

Article L512-87

…ion, the savings and provident institutions are cooperative societies, subject to the provisions of law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of the cooperative society and of book II of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Savings and provident institutions

Article L512-89

The shares of the savings and provident institutions may only be held by the local savings companies. The Articles of Association of the savings and provident institutions and of the local savings com…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Savings and provident institutions

Article L512-88

…d'épargne et de prévoyance are credit institutions and may, notwithstanding the provisions of article 3 of law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperation, carry out all banking tra…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L511-86

Variable remuneration awarded by credit institutions and finance companies benefiting from exceptional public assistance is strictly limited when it is not compatible with their ability to maintain th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L511-80

Payments linked to the early termination of a contract must correspond to effective performance assessed over time.Overall remuneration linked to compensation or the purchase of previous employment co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L511-84

By way of derogation fromarticle L. 1331-2 of the French Labour Code, the total amount of variable remuneration may, in whole or in part, be reduced or give rise to restitution where the person concer…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L511-82

The payment of at least 40% of the variable part of the total remuneration is deferred for a period of at least four years. The amount of the payment is fixed taking into account the nature of the bus…

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