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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations of free shares

Article L22-10-59

I.-The provisions of the Articles of Association concerning the case of free share allocations to certain categories of a company's salaried employees provided for in the third sentence of the second…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Suspicious transaction reports

Article L621-17-7

With regard to transactions that have been the subject of the report or notification referred to in Article 16 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article L621-18-2

I. - The transactions referred to in Article 19 of the same Regulation shall be communicated by the persons referred to in a to c to the Autorité des marchés financiers and made public by the latter,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: State financial assistance

Article L3662-4

I. - The metropolis of Lyon benefits from: 1° An allocation under the global operating allocation for public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation, calculated in accordance with the procedures…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Combating mirror sites

Article L331-29

Any software publisher, any technical system manufacturer and any service operator may, in the event of refusal of access to information essential to interoperability, ask the Audiovisual and Digital…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2. Movable and immovable property and rights

Article 150 VB

I. - The purchase price is the price actually paid by the seller, as stipulated in the deed, it being specified that this price includes the existing property and the works in the case of a purchase m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Quarantine and isolation measures

Article R3131-19

I. - Subject to the powers of the Prefect of Police referred to inarticle 73-1 of decree no. 2004-374 of 29 April 2004 on the powers of prefects and the organisation and operation of State services in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Approvals and changes to shareholdings

Article R612-20-1

I. - The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall notify the Autorité des marchés financiers of decisions relating to the authorisation or empowerment of the persons referred to in 2° of…

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

Article L465-1

I. - A. - The following offences are punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of 100 million euros, which may be increased up to ten times the amount of the advantage gained from the offence,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Suspicious transaction reports

Article L621-17-6

Without prejudice to Article 40 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, Articles L. 621-17-3 and L. 621-20-1 of this Code and the exercise of its powers by the Autorité des marchés financiers, the latter,…

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