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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Withdrawal of authorisation and deregistration of investment firms

Article L532-8

…b) Financial instruments held in accounts with the company may be transferred to an investment services provider other than a portfolio management company or to the issuing legal entity.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article R521-8

…wn in articles R. 521-5 to R. 521-6, if the examination of the application falls within the competence of France and without prejudice to the provisions of article R. 521-10, the foreign national is p…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-8

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall provide the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority with the following information on an annual basis until 1 January 2021: a)…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Information on prices and conditions of sale

Article L112-8

Businesses whose turnover exceeds a threshold defined by decree shall make the telephone number for receiving a consumer's call with a view to obtaining the proper performance of a contract concluded…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Content and adoption of the measures imposed

Article R733-8

If no objection is made within the period provided for in Article R. 733-6, the commission shall inform the debtor and the creditors by simple letter that the measures provided for in Articles L. 733-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors

Article R7345-8

The decisions of the Board of Directors shall become enforceable by operation of law one month after they have been received by the Minister for Labour and the Minister for Transport if neither of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Offences relating to liquidation

Article L247-8

It is punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of 9,000 euros for a liquidator, in bad faith: 1° Making use of the assets or credit of the company in liquidation that he knows to be contrary…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Opposition

Article D1253-8

At any time, the administrative authority may, by reasoned decision, notify its opposition to the activity of the employers' group: 1° Where such activity does not comply with the legal provisions rel…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Resale rights

Article R122-8

…ain from the organisations on the list mentioned in I of article R. 122-7 the transmission of a notice of sale concerning him, of which these organisations are recipients pursuant to II of article R.…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to contracts for social services and other specific services

Article R2131-8

The notice referred to in article R. 2131-7 shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union under the conditions laid down in articles R. 2131-19 and R. 2131-20. The purchaser may pub…

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