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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Funds open to non-professional investors

Article D743-11

…e right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 214-32-10n° 2013-687 of 25 July 2013D. 214-32-12no. 2020-286 of 21 March 2020D. 214-32-13 and D. 214…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article 706-25-13

…o reconciliation or interconnection, within the meaning of Article 33 of Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties, may be carried out between the f…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

Article L1424-48

…ly substituted for the departmental fire and rescue service referred to in Article 56 of Law No. 82-213 of 2 March 1982 on the rights and freedoms of municipalities, departments and regions, as it sto…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Approvals and changes to shareholdings

Article R782-5

…st 2017R. 612-20-1 with the exception of paragraphs II to VIIn° 2020-1637 of 20 December 2020R. 612-21n° 2010-217 of 3 March 2010R. 612-21-1n° 2015-564 of 20 May 2015

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Approvals and changes to shareholdings

Article R783-5

…st 2017R. 612-20-1 with the exception of paragraphs II to VIIn° 2020-1637 of 20 December 2020R. 612-21n° 2010-217 of 3 March 2010R. 612-21-1n° 2015-564 of 20 May 2015

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Approvals and changes to shareholdings

Article R784-5

…st 2017R. 612-20-1 with the exception of paragraphs II to VIIn° 2020-1637 of 20 December 2020R. 612-21n° 2010-217 of 3 March 2010R. 612-21-1n° 2015-564 of 20 May 2015

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The constitution.

Article R814-110

…nnelles de mandataires judiciaires are governed by the provisions of Decree no. 78-704 du 3 juillet 1978 relatif à l'application de la loi n° 78-9 du 4 janvier 1978 modifiant le titre IX du livre III…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The constitution.

Article R822-77

As an exception to articles 22, 24 and 26 du décret n° 78-704 du 3 juillet 1978 relatif à l'application de la loi n° 78-9 du 4 janvier 1978 modifiant le titre IX du livre III du code civil, la société…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article L354-6

…THE WAY THEY THEY ARE WRITTEN L. 342-1 to L. 342-6 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Obligations

Article L742-5

…ed in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 213-5 Ordinance n° 2000-1223 of 14 December 2000 L. 213-6 law n° 2003-706 of 1st August 2003 L. 213-…

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