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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Criminal provisions: breaches of market transparency

Article R762-14

…ght-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 465-1 to R. 465-4n° 2016-1121 of 11 August 2016

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Criminal provisions: breaches of market transparency

Article R763-14

…ght-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 465-1 to R. 465-4n° 2016-1121 of 11 August 2016

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation of the company.

Article R743-121

…and, subject to the provisions of II, with the persons mentioned in B of I of the article 5 and in 1° and 3° of the I of the article 6 of the aforementioned Act of 31 December 1990, a société d'exerc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Clearing houses

Article R763-11

I. - Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, Article R. 440-1 is applicable in French Polynesia, in the version resulting from Decree no. 2014-498 of 16 May 2014.II. - For the application of I:…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Contracts for the decoration of public buildings above the European thresholds

Article R2372-15

The provisions of article R. 2172-17 apply.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the special grant for school construction and equipment

Article D2564-15

If, on expiry of a period of two years from notification of the grant, the operation for which it was awarded has not begun to be carried out, the Prefect will declare that the decision to award the g…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Merger.

Article R214-153

The draft terms of merger and the auditors' report on the terms and conditions of the transaction are attached to the notice of meeting sent to shareholders at least fifteen days before the date of th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Merger.

Article R214-152

No later than one month before the date of the first General Meeting called to vote on the transaction, a notice of the proposed merger is published in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Merger.

Article R214-154

A shareholder who is not entitled to a whole number of shares on the basis of the exchange ratio may obtain a fractional share refund or pay in cash the additional amount required to allocate a share.…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Direct payment at the request of a body responsible for paying family benefits

Article R213-12

…ayment made by the garnishee. Subject to the provisions of the third paragraph of I of article R. 582-8 of the Social Security Code in the case of financial intermediation, the body responsible for pa…

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