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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Professional certificate in youth, popular education and sport

Article D212-15

There are two types of assessment: 1° For the first, the production of a personal written document followed by an interview; 2° For the second, a work situation.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Creation and form of cheque

Article L131-15

Anyone handing over a cheque for payment must prove their identity by means of an official document bearing their photograph.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Relationship between the payment service provider and the payment service user

Article L133-15

I. - The payment service provider issuing a payment instrument must ensure that personalised security data as defined in Article L. 133-4 is not accessible to persons other than the Payment Service Us…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Negotiability

Article L211-15

Financial securities are transferred by account-to-account transfer or by entry in a shared electronic recording device as referred to in article L. 211-3.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operating rules

Article L214-15

A merger, split or absorption involving a UCITS or a sub-fund is subject to approval by the Autorité des marchés financiers.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Professional private equity funds

Article L214-159

I. - Unless otherwise stipulated, professional private equity funds are private equity funds governed by articles L. 214-27 to L. 214-32-1.II. - Professional private equity funds take the form of eith…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Professional undertakings for collective real estate investment

Article L214-150

Subscription to and acquisition of units or shares in a professional real estate collective investment undertaking are reserved for professional clients as referred to in article L. 533-16 and for for…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Declared funds

Article L214-153

By way of derogation from Article L. 214-24-24, the formation, transformation, merger, split or liquidation of a fund declared under this paragraph shall not be subject to authorisation by the Autorit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Declared funds

Article L214-152

Unless otherwise stipulated, articles L. 214-24-24 to L. 214-24-27 and L. 214-24-29 to L. 214-26-2 shall apply to AIFs covered by this paragraph.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Specialised professional funds

Article L214-158

Where a specialised professional fund is a master AIF, the rules governing investment holding, canvassing and marketing of the feeder AIF are those of the master AIF.

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