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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Transactions carried out by supplementary occupational pension funds

Article L143-2-1

…mentary occupational pension fund, which primarily provide the service referred to in 1° of Article L. 321-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code and are authorised in France or in another Member State…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bonds issued by associations.

Article L213-12

Bonds issued by the associations referred to in Article L. 213-8 may be offered to the public. In this case, it is subject to supervision by the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) under the conditi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Central works council and works councils.

Article L2632-1

The agreement or the administrative decision provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 2327-7 instituting the central works council provided for in article L. 2327-1 ensures the representatio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Voter information, election campaign and voting operations

Article LO1112-14-1

…r the conditions laid down in the following articles of the Electoral Code: 1° For Mayotte: article L. 451 ; 2° For Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: articles LO 530 and L. 531.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: Value added tax on tourist accommodation and facilities.

Article L421-1

The rules relating to value added tax applicable to occasional, permanent or seasonal lettings of furnished or furnished accommodation for residential use are set out in 4° of Article 261 D of the Gen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Tasks and scope of application

Article L612-1

…for its application, the Insurance Code, Book IX of the Social Security Code, the Mutual Code, Book III of the Consumer Code, Articles 26-4 to 26-8 of Law 65-557 of 10 July 1965 establishing the statu…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Conditional release for foreign nationals sentenced to a custodial penalty and subject to a deportation order

Article L722-11

…ational sentenced to a custodial sentence and who is the subject of a decision mentioned in article L. 700-1, with the exception of its 4°, or of an extradition or surrender measure on the basis of a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Offences concerning simplified joint stock companies

Article L244-1

The articles L. 242-1 to L. 242-6, L. 242-8, L. 242-17 to L. 242-24 apply to sociétés par actions simplifiées. The penalties provided for the chairman, directors or managing directors of sociétés anon…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bonds issued by associations.

Article L213-17

The provisions of articles L. 213-5 and L. 213-6 of this Code and of articles L. 228-1, L. 228-5, L. 228-43 to L. 228-89, L. 242-10, L. 245-9 to L. 245-12 (1°) and L. 245-13 to L. 245-17 of the French…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Provisions relating to the analysis of resolvability

Article L311-12

I.-When, at the end of the assessment provided for in Article L. 311-11, the resolution college finds that there are significant obstacles to a person mentioned in Article L. 311-5 being subject eithe…

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