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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Shareholding and control

Article L214-24-22

When the AIF acquires, disposes of or holds shares in a company whose registered office is located in a Member State of the European Union and whose shares are not admitted to trading on a regulated m…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Shareholding and control

Article L214-24-21

I. - This paragraph applies, subject to the conditions laid down in Article 6 of Directive 2002/14/EC of 11 March 2002:1° To one or more AIFs managed by the same management company which, either separ…

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

Article R123-208-2

Any person subject to registration in the Trade and Companies Register shall make the declaration provided for in Article L. 123-29 with the competent territorial chamber of commerce and industry.Any…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Guarantee trusts

Article 2488-2

In the event of a trust entered into by way of security, the contract shall mention, on pain of nullity, in addition to the provisions set out in

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Common provisions

Article 223-22

The amount of aid may be modified in the event that the distribution company does not respect the commitments it has made in the agreement. In this case, the Commission des aides à la distribution cin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Certification and swearing-in

Article R15-33-29-2

Authorisation may be withdrawn at any time by the Prefect if the holder ceases to fulfil one or more of the conditions set out in article 29-1 or if it fails to comply with the provisions of l'article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Business-to-business loans

Article R511-2-1-2

A company may only grant a loan as referred to in 3a of article L. 511-6 if the following four conditions are met: 1° On the closing date of each of the two financial years preceding the date on which…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-2-2

Class 2 investment firms shall have in place sound, effective and comprehensive arrangements, strategies and processes for assessing and maintaining, on an ongoing basis, the amount, type and distribu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Court reconciliation software

Article 230-26

Software covered by this chapter may under no circumstances be used for the purposes of administrative investigations, nor for any purpose other than that defined in article 230-20.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 232-26

Aid may only be granted if the sums entered in the automatic cinema exhibition account and the advances to which the beneficiary is entitled are insufficient. These sums and advances must be used in f…

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