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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Fonds commun de placement à risques.

Article R214-37

…At the end of this period, the ratio provided for in 1° of II of article R. 214-36 is increased to 20% and is assessed in relation to the securities held or received in exchange as any other security…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Local investment funds.

Article R214-68

…At the end of this period, the ratio provided for in 1° of II of article R. 214-66 is increased to 20% and is assessed in relation to the securities held or received in exchange as any other security…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article R532-25

…ement company plans to change any of the factors mentioned in 2°, 5° and 6° of II of Article D. 532-20 or any of the assessment factors communicated to the Autorité des marchés financiers, it shall no…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L775-36

…ght-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 561-1 Order 2009-104 of 30 January 2009 L. 561-2 with the exception of its 1° quater, 6° bis, 9° bis only for ga…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Inspections and investigations

Article L621-9

…Markets in instruments created to represent banking transactions which, pursuant to Article L. 214-20 of this Code, may not be held by UCITS are not subject to AMF supervision.II. - The Autorité des…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VII: Administrative injunctions and penalties

Article L470-1

…ate and record breaches or failures to comply with the obligations set out in Title IV of this Book may, after an adversarial procedure, order any trader, within a reasonable period of time, to comply…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation

Article R6322-4

Applications for authorisation or renewal of authorisation may only be examined by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency if they are accompanied by a complete file. The application must i…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-16-3 (art. A212-195)

…isothermal suit and, at the candidate's choice, a weight belt, when the water temperature is below 20°C. When this temperature is equal to or greater than 20° C, the candidate may choose whether or n…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Other appendices

Article Annexe B

…the decision giving rise to the entitlement, with article and paragraph of decree no. 90-437 of 28 May 1990 as amended or decree no. 2001-654 of 19 July 2001 which is being applied; - whether it conc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5461-3

…EU declaration of conformity having been drawn up in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745;2° For which the CE marking provided for in Article 20 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 has been…

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