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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter V: French sub-account of the pan-European individual retirement savings product

Article L225-2

Payments into a French sub-account of the pan-European individual retirement savings product which have given rise to the opening of a securities account are allocated to the acquisition of financial…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article L224-29

…n and informs them of the characteristics of this plan, in particular the financial management procedures, the conditions governing the availability of savings, as well as the tax and social security…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Effects of winding-up proceedings of companies whose registered office is located within the territory of a Member State of the European Union other than France.

Article L326-23

The adoption of a reorganisation measure as defined in article L. 323-8 or the opening of winding-up proceedings in a Member State of the European Union other than France in respect of an insurance un…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Prevention of conflicts of interest

Article L522-2

…rangements put in place by the intermediary or the insurance undertaking in accordance with Article L. 522-1 to manage conflicts of interest are not sufficient to guarantee, with a reasonable degree o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Allowances for holders of municipal mandates

Article L2123-23

…delegations receive a functional allowance set by applying the reference term mentioned in article L. 2123-20 the following scale: Population (inhabitants) Rate (as % of index) Less than 500 25.5 Fro…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-22

Subject to the provisions of article L. 233-23, the consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with the accounting principles and valuation rules of this code, taking into account th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Grants and other revenue allocated by the Local Finance Committee

Article L2334-29

The communes directly receive the sums due to them in respect of the first part of the special allocation. Sums relating to the second part are allocated, subject to the provisions of the following pa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Advertising

Article L5213-2

The advertising defined in Article L. 5213-1 relates to the devices mentioned in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 which have the EU d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Advertising

Article L5223-2

The advertising defined in Article L. 5223-1 shall relate to the devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 which have the EU declaration of conformity provided for in Article 17 of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L621-23

…rised by the Autorité des marchés financiers of which they have become aware in the course of their duties, of the following nature:1. It constitutes a breach of the legal or regulatory provisions app…

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