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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Takeover bids

Article L233-33

…the articles of association of a company whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market may provide that, during a takeover bid, the measures provided for in I and II of the same Article L…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Market surveillance

Article L4314-1

…iate and proportionate powers and measures defined in Articles 14 and 16 of the same Regulation and may empower agents for this purpose, without prejudice to the duties and prerogatives of the control…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Prohibition.

Article L8241-3

…the last paragraph ofarticle L. 8241-1 and under the conditions set out in this article, a company may make its employees available on a temporary basis to a young company or a small or medium-sized…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R214-114

An undertaking for collective investment in real estate may enter into contracts constituting the financial futures instruments referred to in article L. 214-38 which meet the characteristics of credi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Specialised professional funds.

Article R214-203-6

When granting loans, a specialised professional fund :1° May borrow under the following cumulative conditions:a) The maximum leverage of the fund, expressed as a ratio between the fund's exposure and…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Information to be provided to the supervisory authorities by groups.

Article L356-21

I.-The Secretary General of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may ask undertakings subject to group supervision pursuant to Article L. 356-2 as well as affiliated or participating u…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The High Council for Financial Stability

Article L631-2-3

…e interests they held during the two years preceding their appointment, that they hold or that they may come to hold;2° any functions in a social, economic or financial activity that they have exercis…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Public territorial establishments

Article L5219-8-1

…for in the budget for the current year is known.During the course of the year, one or more twelfths may be paid in advance of the normal rate if the funds available to the Greater Paris metropolitan a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Operating conditions.

Article A362-1

…h the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and the Minister for the Economy and Finance may request information in the exercise of their powers; c) The name and powers of the authorised ag…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions relating to the digital exploitation of unavailable books

Article L134-4

…or of an unavailable book or the publisher holding the right to reproduce that book in printed form may object to the exercise of the right of authorisation referred to in the first paragraph of I of…

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