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Showing 891900 of 22854 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 24 Sept. 2013 – no. 12-21.089

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

Article L214-24-21

…entered into for that purpose, acquire control of a company or issuer referred to in Article L. 214-24-23;2° AIFs or their management companies cooperating with one or more other AIFs or their managem…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Procedure for marketing FIAs in France

Article L214-24-1

…Autorité des marchés financiers.II. - When a feeder AIF within the meaning of IV of Article L. 214-24, established in a Member State of the European Union and managed by a portfolio management compan…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 7: Investor information

Article L214-24-62

…'s articles of association or the fund rules ;2° An annual report in accordance with Article L. 214-24-19;3° A half-yearly report covering the first six months of the financial year.II. - The annual a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 12: On-street vehicle parking charges

Article R2333-120-19

Operations designed to improve public or environmentally-friendly transport and traffic financed by the proceeds of parking charge fees are identical to those listed in article R. 2334-12 as well as t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 12: On-street vehicle parking charges

Article R2333-120-18

Outside the Ile-de-France region, revenue from parking fees is collected by the municipality or grouping that introduced the parking charge. These revenues contribute to the financing of the operation…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: General rules governing general-purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-43

…held by the mutual funds it manages. Articles L. 225-126, II and III and articles L. 233-14 and L. 247-2 of the French Commercial Code are applicable. When the management company complies with the no…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 244 quater O

…ry;3° Companies bearing the "Living Heritage Company" label within the meaning of Article 23 of Law no. 2005-882 of 2 August 2005 in favour of small and medium-sized enterprises.IV. - Regardless of th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article R131-12

The drawee banker's record of cheque payment incidents due to insufficient funds includes the following information for each incident: 1° The account number, whether it is an individual account or a c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Buying group structures.

Article D5125-24-16

…activity for goods other than medicinal products listed in the order referred to in article L. 5125-24. The structure referred to in the first paragraph may only purchase, in its own name and on its o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Possibility of an agreement and specific terms and conditions resulting therefrom.

Article L1233-24-3

The agreement provided for in Article L. 1233-24-1 may not derogate from :1° The employer's obligation to provide training, adaptation and redeployment in application of article L. 1233-4;2° The gener…

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