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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS

Article L214-7-4

…e SICAV of its shares and the issue of new shares may be temporarily suspended by the Board of Directors, the Management Board or the officers of the simplified joint stock company, when exceptional c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS

Article L214-7-2

…of Book II and Title II of Book VIII of the French Commercial Code, the following provisions apply to SICAVs: 1° Shares must be fully paid up as soon as they are issued; 2° Any contribution in kind i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS

Article L214-8-7

…ertain assets would not be in the interests of the unitholders, the other assets may be transferred to a new fund. The demerger is decided by the management company. Notwithstanding article L. 214-15,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Designation

Article L2122-7-2

…rdance with the rules set out in article L. 2122-7.When it is necessary, in the event of a vacancy, to appoint one or more deputies, they are chosen from among the councillors of the same sex as those…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custodian

Article L214-24-7

…e.Where the AIF is established in a third country and its management company is authorised by the Autorité des marchés financiers, the depositary may be established in France or in the home country of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Shareholding and control.

Article D214-32-7

…rpose of calculating the percentage of voting rights held by the AIF, account is taken, in addition to the voting rights held directly by the AIF, of the voting rights of an undertaking which it contr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-5-7

Information for people with no or limited access to water intended for human consumption, as provided for in 3° of article L. 2224-7-3, may be carried out by making data relating to the geographical l…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the family court

Article 373-2-7

The parents may apply to the family court judge for approval of the agreement by which they organise the arrangements for exercising parental authority and set the contribution to the child's maintena…

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

Article R211-9-7

The shared electronic registration system referred to in the second paragraph of Article L. 211-7 is designed and implemented in such a way as to guarantee the recording and integrity of registrations…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Regional centres specialising in environmental offences

Article 706-2-3

I.-Within the jurisdiction of each court of appeal, the territorial jurisdiction of a judicial court is extended to the jurisdiction of the court of appeal for the investigation, prosecution, trial an…

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