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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-1 art R212-88 et R212-89

…riate, of diplomas or other qualification certificates, training content attesting to technical competence and knowledge of the geographical environment for the activities concerned.Where applicable,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Presentation and payment

Article L131-40

If a cheque is lost, the person to whom it belongs may pursue payment from a second, third, fourth, etc. cheque. If the person who lost the cheque cannot represent the second, third, fourth, etc., he…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 13: Access to payment accounts

Article L133-40

…anaging the payer's account each time a payment is initiated and communicates under the conditions set out in the delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 98.1 of Directive (EU) 2015/2366 of the Euro…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provision

Article L211-40

The provisions of Book VI of the Commercial Code, or those governing any equivalent judicial or amicable proceedings initiated on the basis of foreign law, shall not prevent the application of the pro…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-40

…g for collective real estate investment may borrow cash up to a limit of 10% of the value of its assets other than those mentioned in article L. 214-39.The conditions for application of the limit ment…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Transfers

Article L224-40

I.-Individual rights currently being built up on ... may be transferred to a retirement savings plan mentioned in this chapter: 1° A contract mentioned inarticle L. 144-1 of the French Insurance Code,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Mobilisation of medium-term loans

Article L313-40

From the time the contracts or bills are made available to the rediscounting institution and for the duration of the rediscounting period, the credit institution holding the receivables referred to in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article L512-40

The appointment of directors of the regional mutual credit banks is subject to the approval of the central body of Crédit Agricole. Such appointments may not include any commitment by the regional mut…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Professional secrecy, accounting and statutory auditing

Article L526-40

…andards Authority), adopted after obtaining the opinion of the Comité consultatif de la législation et de la réglementation financières (Advisory Committee on Financial Legislation and Regulation).The…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Approval of AIFM established in a third country

Article L532-40

…IFM's operations in the European Union within two years of its authorisation indicates that the marketing strategy as presented at the time of authorisation has not been followed or that it has made f…

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