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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Managing Director

Article L518-12

The General Manager is responsible for managing the funds and assets of the Caisse.He implements the guidelines approved by the Supervisory Board, particularly in terms of internal control and risk ma…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Consignments and deposits

Article L518-17

Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations is responsible for receiving deposits of any kind, in cash or in financial securities, provided for by law or regulation or ordered either by a court decision or by…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Consignments and deposits

Article L518-19

Courts and administrative bodies may not authorise or order deposits to be made with natural persons or bodies other than the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations and may not authorise debtors, custodia…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Consignments and deposits

Article L518-18

The procedures for depositing, holding and withdrawing securities are set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The banques populaires

Article L571-10

It is a punishable offence under article 313-1 of the French Penal Code for any company other than those mentioned in article L. 512-2 to use, in any form whatsoever, the title or description of "banq…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions of validity.

Article L2232-13

The fact that a category-based trade union organisation affiliated to a category-based trade union confederation is recognised as representative of the employees it is statutorily authorised to repres…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions of validity.

Article L2232-12

The validity of a company or establishment agreement is subject to its signature by, on the one hand, the employer or his representative and, on the other hand, one or more representative employee tra…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope of application.

Article L2232-11

This section sets out the conditions under which employees' right to negotiate at company and group level is exercised.Unless otherwise specified, the term "company agreement" refers to any agreement…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Ability to negotiate.

Article L2231-1

The agreement is concluded between : - on the one hand, one or more trade union organisations representing employees within the scope of the agreement ;- on the other hand, one or more employers' trad…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions of validity.

Article L2232-14

In the event of a lack of participation in the first round of professional elections, where the provisions of the first paragraph of article L. 2143-23 are applied, the validity of the company or esta…

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