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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article R214-42

When a fund management company enters into forward purchase or sale transactions involving securities which are not admitted to trading on a financial instruments market within the meaning of I of art…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article R214-73

When a fund management company enters into forward purchase or sale transactions involving securities which are not admitted to trading on a financial instruments market within the meaning of I of art…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Valuation of securities.

Article R3332-22

When the investment instruments of a company savings plan include the possibility of investing in company securities which are not admitted to trading on a regulated market, their valuation is determi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Machinery

Article R4311-4-6

A removable mechanical transmission device is a removable component designed to transmit power between a self-propelled machine or a tractor and another machine by connecting them to the first fixed b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article R5212-1

The purpose of materiovigilance is to monitor incidents or risks of incidents resulting from the use of medical devices which are defined in article L. 5211-1 and come under this title by virtue of ar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Supervision of groups on a consolidated basis

Article L613-20-2

…ce with Article 21 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010. II. - The constitution and functioning of the colleges shall be based on written a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article L2333-2

…ence as organising authorities for the public distribution of electricity mentioned in article L. 2224-31, a communal share of the domestic tax on the final consumption of electricity mentioned in art…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section XI: Special provisions applicable to property damage caused by mining.

Article L421-17

I.-Any person who owns a property that has suffered damage since 1st September 1998 as a result of current or past mining activity while it was occupied as their main residence shall be compensated fo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Transparency, restrictive competition practices and other prohibited practices.

Article L443-8

…ycle, the parties are free to determine the revision formula and, pursuant to III of article L. 631-24 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, the indicators used. When the acquisition of the a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Investment rules

Article R214-15

A UCITS may enter into the financial contracts referred to in 5° of the I of Article L. 214-20 concluded on the markets referred to in 1°, 2° or 3° of the I of Article R. 214-11 or traded over-the-cou…

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