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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Participative finance service providers

Article L547-2

The key investment information sheet referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 23 of Regulation (EU) No 2020/1503 of 7 October 2020 shall be drawn up in French. However, under the conditions and wi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Duties of the social and economic committee in undertakings with at least eleven employees and fewer than fifty employees

Article L2312-6

The powers of the staff delegation to the social and economic committee are exercised for the benefit of employees, as well as :1° Employees within the meaning of article L. 4111-5, in matters of heal…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Investor guarantee

Article L754-13

…ght-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 322-1 Order no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 322-2 to L. 322-10 Order no. 2015-1024 of 20 August 2015 II.-For th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The status of the sole trader

Article R526-27

To carry out the professional activity referred to in the first paragraph of article L. 526-22, and without prejudice to articles D. 123-235 and D. 123-236, the sole trader uses a name incorporating h…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Transmission of information

Article R561-37

I. - For the purposes of the first paragraph of I of Article L. 561-30-2, the TRACFIN department shall inform the person designated pursuant to I of Article R. 561-23 , in writing and by any means, of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R1413-2

…or foreign; 4° Set up a central purchasing body, governed by the provisions of article 26 of order no. 2015-899 of 23 July 2015 relating to public contracts, when this proves to be the most appropria…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database

Article 706-55

…damage to property provided for by the articles 311-1 à 311-13,312-1 à 312-9,313-2and 322-1 to 322-14 of the Criminal Code; 4° Attacks on the fundamental interests of the Nation, acts of terrorism, c…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article R154-2

…ules in force in mainland France under Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016; 10° In Article R. 140-1, the references to Articles R. 142-11 to R. 142-25, R. 142-33 to R. 142-40 and R. 142-51 to R.…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-contractual information

Article L224-73

…ossibility of recourse to a consumer mediator under the conditions laid down in Title I of Book VI; 14° The existence, where applicable, of a code of good conduct.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Transfer of ownership

Article L211-17-1

…Without prejudice to Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 on short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps, a seller of financial in…

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