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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 10: Special provisions for forestry investment groups

Article R214-176-4

…ccounts of the companies involved were drawn up in order to establish the terms of the transaction; 4° The exchange parities and the method of calculation; 5° The date of the merger; 6° Approval of th…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the statutes of professional leagues

Article R132-4

…tion; 3° Representatives of athletes and trainers, appointed by their representative organisations; 4° Qualified personalities, elected by the General Meeting, some of whom are nominated by the compet…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIIa: The national platform for judicial interception

Article R40-49

The data and information mentioned in 1°, 2°, 4° and 5° of Article R. 40-46, following investigations carried out pursuant to articles R. 40-43-1 and R. 40-43-2, are placed under seal and kept within…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Economic concentration.

Article R430-4

…the groups to which they belong;2° The nature of the transaction;3° The economic sectors concerned;4° The elements referred, in the case of a partial referral of a transaction with a European dimensi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Registration of financial securities

Article D211-9-4

Without prejudice to Article R. 22-10-28 of the French Commercial Code, the right to attend General Meetings of undertakings for collective investment in the form of companies whose shares are admitte…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-40

…Is employed by that company or by a person who controls it within the meaning of Article L. 233-3; 4° Is controlled by or performs one of the functions mentioned in 2° or 3° in a person or entity con…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Fonds commun de placement à risques.

Article R214-46-1

…n Economic Area are members, or which are issued by the Caisse d'Amortissement de la Dette Sociale; 4° Units or shares in UCITS and FIAs which meet the following two conditions: a) They must be UCITS…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions adapting Book IV.

Article R914-1

Articles R. 420-3 and R. 420-4 shall read as follows: "For the application of Article L. 420-7, the seat and jurisdiction of the courts with jurisdiction in the territorial collectivity of Saint-Pierr…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Provisions specific to Mayotte

Article R651-9

…icle R. 615-2, the words: "and the transfer decision provided for in Article L. 572-1" are deleted; 4° In Article R. 621-2, the words: "Subject to the provisions of Article R. 621-4," are deleted; 5°…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 46

Where no registers have existed, or where they have been lost, proof shall be received both by titles and by witnesses; and, in such cases, marriages, births and deaths may be proved both by the regis…

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