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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Terms of office of board or committee members.

Article L5211-13-1

…the public establishment's employees when this is justified by the performance of their mandates or duties.Any other benefit in kind is subject to a resolution specifying the name of the vehicle and t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section I: Guardianship and succession matters.

Article ANNEXE, art. 13

The communal council for orphans is required to inform the guardianship judge of cases where a guardian or curator is to be appointed.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Provisions relating to the implementation of an internal bail-out measure

Article L613-55-13

…Where a commitment governed by the law of a third country is not excluded under I of Article L. 613-55-1 or does not constitute a deposit mentioned in the first indent of 6° of I of Article L. 613-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Injunctions, emergency measures and other measures

Article L621-13-6

…des marchés financiers or his appointed representative may require any person to take measures to reduce the size of his position or exposure in a financial instrument, in a unit referred to inArticle…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Injunctions, emergency measures and other measures

Article L621-13-5

…for in I of this Article to the persons mentioned in 2 of I of Article 6 of Law no. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 for confidence in the digital economy, by any means capable of establishing the date of re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Injunctions, emergency measures and other measures

Article L621-13-1

…e request of the managers if they consider that they are no longer in a position to carry out their duties in a normal manner, or at the initiative of the Autorité des marchés financiers if the superv…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Injunctions, emergency measures and other measures

Article L621-13-7

…tioned in II of Article L. 421-1 when the investment firm has not developed or applied a genuine product approval process, or has not complied with the requirements of 3 of II of Article L. 533-10, Ar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Injunctions, emergency measures and other measures

Article L621-13-8

The Chairman or Secretary General of the Autorité des marchés financiers may order the suspension or dismissal of a person referred to in Article L. 421-7, if that person no longer fulfils the conditi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Injunctions, emergency measures and other measures

Article L621-13-4

…io management company to manage the AIF. Such agent shall be remunerated for the performance of its duties by the portfolio management company in accordance with the conditions laid down in the Genera…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Injunctions, emergency measures and other measures

Article L621-13-3

The AMF may require the suspension, on a temporary basis, of the redemption of units or shares or the issue of new units or shares of an AIF when exceptional circumstances so require and if the intere…

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