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

Article R214-208

Notwithstanding I and II of article R. 214-32-29, company mutual funds and employee shareholding open-ended investment companies may hold, without limitation, securities issued by the company or by a…

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

Article R214-209

…nvestment option that complies with the conditions set out in the second paragraph of article L. 3332-17 of the Labour Code.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Deregistration

Article R521-22

On receipt of the documents referred to in articles R. 521-19, R. 521-20 or in article R. 521-21 in the case of a financial lease of movable property, the registrar shall cancel the registration, ment…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Deregistration

Article R521-24

…e off registrations that have not been renewed before the expiry of the time limits in articles R. 521-11 and R. 521-12. If the registration is made again after the expiry of the registration, it is v…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Deregistration

Article R521-25

…and the pledge of the business is also carried out in the registers determined in II of article R. 521-9, on production of a cancellation certificate issued by the registrar and which includes the sam…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Deregistration

Article R521-20

…applicant for cancellation shall provide proof: 1° by proof of agreement between the parties; > or 2° by a final and binding court decision; > or 3° by the deed recording the sale of the encumbered a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Deregistration

Article R521-21

…ing, must justify his request by producing one of the supporting documents mentioned in article R. 521-20.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Deregistration

Article R521-23

The deleted or expired registration will no longer appear in the results of requests to consult the register.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounting obligations applicable to all traders.

Article L123-21

Only profits made at the end of a financial year may be entered in the annual accounts. The profit made on a transaction that has been partially completed and accepted by the other party may be entere…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounting obligations applicable to all traders.

Article L123-23

Regularly kept accounting records may be admitted in court as evidence between traders of commercial transactions. If they have been irregularly kept, they may not be invoked by the author for his own…

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