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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-1

…y to: a) Clinical trials of medicinal products governed by the provisions of Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014; (b) Clinical investigations of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41-5

…f the Council of 26 June 2013 ; 2° Articles 3 to 7, 14 to 17 and 24 to 26 of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014; 3° This Title and Title III of th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation

Article L5217-1

…rcise the competences listed in I of l'article L. 5217-2 on the date of entry into force of Law no. 2014-57 of 27 January 2014 on the modernisation of territorial public action and the affirmation of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-13-1

Subject to the provisions of Article L. 1453-6, it is prohibited for the professionals mentioned in Article L. 5143-2, the groups mentioned in Article L. 5143-6 and for feed business operators approve…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Organisation and operation of the deposit guarantee and resolution fund

Article L312-10

…ent of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and, where applicable, the Autorité des marchés financiers. Contributions to the resolution funding mechanism are determined in accordance w…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Subscription, purchase or pledging by companies of their own shares

Article L22-10-62

…tary and Financial Code under the conditions set out in the general regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers, included on a list drawn up by this authority under the conditions set out in it…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Written agreements

Article L441-3-1

…e agreement referred to in I is entered into for a term of one, two or three years, no later than 1 March of the year in which it takes effect or within two months of the start of the marketing period…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custodian

Article L214-24-6

…ded that the latter fulfils the conditions laid down in the General Regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers ;3° A depositary may not engage in activities relating to the AIF or the manageme…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Special rules relating to sociétés de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable (real estate investment companies with variable capital)

Article L214-62

…ct to Article L. 214-45 and the conditions laid down by the General Regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers, the shares of a société de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital varia…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Société de libre partenariat (unincorporated partnership)

Article L214-162-10

…tenariat in accordance with the procedures specified by the general regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers.

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