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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Funds open to professional investors

Article R742-13

…e right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 214-187, R. 214-190 and R. 214-191n° 2013-687 of 25 July 2013R. 214-192n° 2019-1078 of 22 October 20…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Funds open to professional investors

Article R743-13

…e right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 214-187, R. 214-190 and R. 214-191n° 2013-687 of 25 July 2013R. 214-192n° 2019-1078 of 22 October 20…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Administrative penalties

Article L242-13

Any breach of the provisions of articles L. 221-18, L. 221-21 and L. 221-23 to L. 221-27 governing the conditions for exercising the consumer's right of withdrawal and its effects, is punishable by an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: General provisions.

Article L1142-5

…representative ; 2° In companies not subject to the obligation to negotiate under articles L. 2232-21 and L. 2232-24; 3° In companies not covered by an agreement or an extended branch agreement relat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Nullity, dissolution and liquidation.

Article R814-143

…he company of the simultaneous requests for withdrawal made by the partners pursuant to the article 21 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 or, in the event of successive applications, by the last of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Seasonal workers

Article R5221-25

…oved by the territorially competent Prefect in accordance with the criteria set out in article R. 5221-16 and subject to the assessment conditions set out in articles R. 5221-20 and R. 5221-21. The pr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Mediation

Article R7345-24

…7343-12 and, in the cases provided for in the second and fourth paragraphs of II of Article R. 7545-21 and II of Article R. 7345-22, to the unrepresented self-employed workers.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Common provisions.

Article D6431-31

…rd of Directors at its next meeting. However, in the case of matters referred to in article D. 6431-21, the opinions issued by the medical committee are sent in the form of extracts to the agency's me…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Additional compensation measures

Article 916-30

…xceed that of the actual loss of turnover recorded over the period between 1 January and 31 March 2021 in relation to the average turnover achieved between 1 January and 31 March of the years 2017, 20…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Trust as security

Article 2372-5

…accordance with the provisions of Article 2372-2 is registered in the form provided for in Article 2019. The date of registration determines, between them, the rank of the creditors. The provisions o…

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