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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition and management

Article L224-2

The sums paid into a retirement savings plan may come from : 1° Voluntary payments by the holder ; 2° Sums paid under the profit-sharing scheme provided for in Title II of Book III of Part III of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Participative financing intermediaries

Article R548-2

…500-1, nor hold a management position in a person subject to any of the sanctions referred to in 3° and 7° of Article L. 612-39 and I of Article L. 612-41.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article D214-32-4-2

Pursuant to Article L. 214-24-7, the appointment of a depositary established in a third country is subject to : 1° The existence of arrangements for cooperation and exchange of information between the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Distribution and supply of labile blood products.

Article R1222-23

I.-The position of person in charge of the blood establishment's distribution activity and that of person in charge of the distribution activity on one of the establishment's sites are held by a docto…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Distribution and supply of labile blood products.

Article R1222-24

…follow-up of recipients, including advice on or interpretation of the results of transfusion tests, and the application of conditions for the storage and transport of labile blood products. II-This fu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Prohibition on proprietary trading

Article L420-2

…is a form of trading in which a person, the facilitator, acts as an intermediary between the buyer and the seller involved in the trade, so that there is no exposure to market risk throughout the exe…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Marinas and anchorages.

Article D341-2

Articles R. 2124-39 to R. 2124-55 of the Code général de la propriété des personnes publiques set out the rules for temporary occupation of the public maritime domain, outside the administrative bound…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services for portfolio management companies authorised in France

Article R532-29

The Autorité des marchés financiers and the authorities of the Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area concerned shall be notified in advance of any…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services for portfolio management companies authorised in France

Article R532-28

I. - Any portfolio management company whose registered office is located in mainland France, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, La Réunion, Mayotte or Saint-Martin, wishes for the first time to ma…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Terms and conditions of issue

Article L211-2

…ies, which include transferable securities within the meaning of the second paragraph of article L. 228-1 of the French Commercial Code , may only be issued by the State, a legal entity, a fonds commu…

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