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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-17

I. - In the cases provided for in Articles L. 612-39 and L. 612-40 where, on a proposal from the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, the European Central Bank has ordered the total withd…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of financial holding companies, mixed financial holding companies and parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-14

The approval of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution is not required when all the following conditions are met: 1° The principal activity of the financial holding company or the parent…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 9: Information on beneficial owners

Article L561-45-1

The following are required to obtain and keep accurate and up-to-date information on their beneficial owners as defined in Article L. 561-2-2 : 1° Where they are established on French territory in acc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Establishment and purpose.

Article L2372-1

Employee participation is implemented in accordance with Articles L. 225-28 to L. 225-56 and L. 225-79 to L. 225-93, L. 22-10-8 to L. 22-10-17 and L. 22-10-23 to L. 22-10-30 of the French Commercial C…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article R225-76

The postal voting form allows a vote on each of the resolutions, in the order in which they are presented at the meeting; it offers the shareholder the possibility of expressing on each resolution a v…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article R236-28

I.-Any dispute concerning the price stated in the repurchase offer referred to in Article L. 236-40 shall be brought before the court within whose jurisdiction the registered office of the company is…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Conditions for admission to the profession.

Article R511-3-2

When assessing the notification provided for in I of Article L. 511-12-1, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall assess, for the purpose of ensuring that the credit institution or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Transparency in commercial relations.

Article D441-6

I.-For the application of article L. 441-14, companies shall present in the management report : 1° For suppliers, the number and total amount of invoices received but not paid by the end of the financ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article L225-209-2

The Ordinary General Meeting may authorise the Board of Directors or the Management Board, as the case may be, to purchase the company's shares, in order to offer them or allocate them: - in the year…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-18

I.- Investment services providers other than portfolio management companies shall take all reasonable steps to obtain, when executing orders, the best possible result for their clients having regard t…

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