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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article L743-10

…2019 L. 214-175-5 to L. 214-175-8 Act no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 214-176 Order no. 2013-676 of 25 July 2013 L. 214-177 Order no. 2017-1432 of 4 October 2017 L. 214-179 and L. 214-180 Order no. 20…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Funding bodies

Article L742-10

…2019 L. 214-175-5 to L. 214-175-8 Act no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 214-176 Order no. 2013-676 of 25 July 2013 L. 214-177 Order no. 2017-1432 of 4 October 2017 L. 214-179 and L. 214-180 Order no. 20…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Apprenticeship programme authorisation procedure

Article R1161-16

…the company marketing the medicinal product; 6° The follow-up report referred to in article R. 1161-25, in the event of an application for renewal of authorisation; 7° Authorisation from the Commissio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Plenary session (R).

Article R5211-20

…rticle R. 5211-19 for the communes, depending on whether the communes concerned represent less than 25%, between 25% and 40% or more than 40% of the population of all the communes in the department; c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The introduction of a period allowing employees to make an offer in the event of the sale of a business in companies that are not required to set up a works council.

Article L141-26

…ed for in article L. 141-23. After this period, any sale is subject to articles L. 141-23 to L. 141-25.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Criminal penalties

Article L341-13

…debit forms signed on bank accounts containing clauses contrary to the provisions of article L. 312-25 and, for an affected credit agreement, those of article L. 312-50 is punishable by a fine of 300,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Accounting obligations applicable to certain traders, whether natural or legal persons.

Article R123-204

Notwithstanding Article R. 123-176, the persons mentioned in articles L. 123-25 to L. 123-27 and in the second paragraph of article L. 123-16-1 may centralise these entries every three months.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Registration in the file

Article R50-32

…n of the identity of persons entered in the file provided for in the first paragraph of Article 706-25-5 is carried out, where possible, in the light of information communicated to the criminal record…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-36

A general purpose investment fund may hold up to 25% of the same category of financial securities of the same issuer when the latter is a socially responsible company mentioned in article L. 3332-17-1…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: The borough mayor and deputy mayors (R).

Article R2511-19

The five-day period within which, in accordance with the fifth paragraph of article L. 2511-25, the election of the district mayor and his deputies may be declared null and void for a period of twenty…

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