All France articles – Page 3

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    With Sapin II, is France finally cracking down on corporate crime?

    2016-12-20T12:45:00Z

    France currently ranks only 23rd out of 168 nations on its efforts to fight corruption, but that may change with the introduction of tough new regulations. Neil Hodge has more.

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    French compliance with governance code

    2016-11-23T08:45:00Z

    Paul Hodgson provides a look at the Autorité des marchés financiers’ annual report on corporate governance and executive remuneration, which offers an in-depth analysis of compliance with the French governance code, AFEP-MEDEF.

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    French tax authorities seek €356 million from Booking.com

    2016-06-06T10:15:00Z

    French tax authorities are seeking €356 million (approximately US$404 million) from Booking.com, a unit of online hotel reservation company Priceline Group, to recover what they claim are unpaid income taxes and value-added taxes, the company disclosed in a quarterly report.

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    French nay on pay-cut

    2016-05-27T15:45:00Z

    The controversy over Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn’s (pictured above) 2015 €7.2 million remuneration likely sparked revisions to France’s rules on compensation—including making say-on-pay mandatory and strengthening transparency rules. But so far, says Global Glimpses writer Paul Hodgson, Renault has no plans to change Ghosn’s compensation.

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    France introduces anti-corruption bill

    2016-04-21T14:30:00Z

    France’s Finance Minister Michel Sapin introduced a proposed anti-corruption bill, Sapin II, to the French government last month that in many respects is inspired by anti-corruption laws already in place in the United States and United Kingdom. The bill, for example, “provides for the offense of corruptly influencing a foreign ...

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    Loyalty shares v. one share – one vote: The Florange Act

    2016-03-29T15:45:00Z

    France will experience a sea change in voting rights next month with the passage of the Florange Act. Adopted in 2014, the Act provides for the automatic granting of double-voting rights to stock held by shareholders for at least two years in a row. Rients Abma, executive director of Eumedion, ...