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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to statutory pension increases

Article A421-4-2

…attributable to insurance bodies. The reserve is called the "special amortisation reserve". The assets of this section consist of balance sheet assets allocated to the financing of statutory annuity…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article R3332-21-4

Securities issued by socially responsible companies include equity securities, bonds, promissory notes, savings bonds, current account advances, equity securities and equity loans issued or granted by…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L151-3-2

…orisation, if prior authorisation is obtained by fraud, if the requirements of II of article L. 151-3 are disregarded, if decisions or injunctions issued on the basis of article L. 151-3-1, the Minist…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Master and feeder UCITS

Article L214-22-3

The statutory auditors and other auditors of the feeder UCITS and the master UCITS shall exchange the information necessary to fulfil their respective obligations. The General Regulation of the Autori…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6a: Equity savings plan for financing small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-cap companies

Article L221-32-2

…e used for one or more of the following purposes:a) Shares, excluding those mentioned in article L. 228-11 of the French Commercial Code, or company investment certificates and cooperative investment…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Infringements of market transparency

Article L465-3-2

…n or prospects of an issuer or about the supply, demand or price of a financial instrument or that sets or is likely to set the price of a financial instrument at an abnormal or artificial level shall…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions and registration requirements

Article L519-3-2

…ir lending activity and the management companies mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 519-2 who use the services of intermediaries in banking and payment services must ensure that these inte…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Payment service providers

Article L521-3-2

…nce of these instruments are not considered to be payment services within the meaning of Article L. 314-1.Companies that provide services based on these specific payment instruments, for the part of t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions and procedures for authorisation of investment service providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L532-3-2

Without prejudice to the provisions of Article L. 229-4 of the Commercial Code, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution also has the power to oppose, in accordance with the provisions of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: European FIA management companies

Article L532-21-3

I.-The provisions of the first paragraph of article L. 532-18 and of the first paragraph of article L. 532-18-1 as well as the provisions of Section 2 of Chapter IV of Title I of Book II are applicabl…

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