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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities.

Article R123-208-6

…concerned is located or, in Paris, by order of the prefect of police. Only civil servants with at least two years' professional experience in market management or at least three years' professional ex…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article R237-8

…blished, at the liquidator's request, in the medium authorised to receive legal announcements that has received the publicity required by the first paragraph of Article R. 237-2 and, if the company's…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Rules applicable to financial contracts, temporary acquisitions and sales of financial instruments and guarantees

Article R214-17

…ivatives which satisfy the following criteria: 1° They make it possible to transfer the credit risk associated with an asset mentioned in 1° of Article R. 214-15 independently of the other risks assoc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-39

I. - A formula-based general-purpose investment fund is a general-purpose investment fund that meets the following two conditions:1° It is managed passively and its management objective is to reach, a…

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

Article R214-90

The 60% and 51% quotas mentioned in 1° of article L. 214-37 are met on 30 June and 31 December of each financial year, at the end of the three-year period mentioned in article L. 214-42. In the event…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to transferable securities

Article L228-6-1

…admitted to trading on a regulated market, when the Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders has authorised a transaction resulting either in an exchange of shares or in the allocation of new sh…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Specific measures applicable to establishments and products

Article L521-12

Where there is evidence to cast doubt on the conformity of the product to the requirements in force relating to consumer health and safety or to the general safety obligation defined in article L. 421…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Harvesting

Article 407

…arations provided for in the European regulations adopted for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the common organisati…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General rules

Article L5211-4-4

…he communes may entrust this public establishment, free of charge, by agreement, if the articles of association of the public establishment expressly so provide, independently of the functions of coor…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the transfer of activities

Article L613-52-6

…rer provided that it meets the criteria for participation, membership or access to these market infrastructures. However, the absence of a rating or an insufficient rating by a credit rating agency ma…

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