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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Obligations of the management company, the entity responsible for centralisation and the statutory auditor

Article L214-24-47

…f his duties, which is likely to:1° constitutes a breach of the legal or regulatory provisions applicable to the general-purpose investment fund and is likely to have a material impact on its financia…

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

Article L214-24-25

…eneral-purpose investment funds take the form either of open-ended investment companies known as "SICAVs", or of unit trusts.General-purpose investment funds may comprise different classes of units or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-24

The investment underlying the financial contracts is taken into account for the application of the provisions of I and II of article R. 214-32-29 and of article R. 214-32-33. When these financial cont…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-15

Any grouping of retail merchants established with a view to carrying out one or more of the activities referred to in 1°, 3° and 4° of article L. 124-1 must, if it has not adopted the form of a sociét…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIIc: Tax on precious metals, jewellery, works of art, collectors' items and antiques

Article 150 VK

…e purchaser when the latter is a taxable person for value added tax established in France; in other cases, it is payable by the seller or exporter.II. - The tax is equal to:1° A 11% of the transfer pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Patient care by the mobile emergency and intensive care unit

Article R6123-15

As part of emergency medical assistance, the mobile emergency and resuscitation structure mentioned in article R. 6123-1 has the following mission: 1° To ensure, on a permanent basis, in all places an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commencement of employment, management, remuneration and benefits

Article R6153-24-3

Students in the third cycle of medical, odontology and pharmacy studies are entitled to union training leave with pay for a maximum of five working days per year. This leave may only be granted to car…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Reserving contracts for social economy enterprises

Article L2113-15

…exclusively to social services and other specific services listed in a notice annexed to this code, may be reserved by a contracting authority, including when it is acting as a contracting entity, for…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Appeals to the First President of the Paris Court of Appeal against certain decisions of the General Rapporteur of the Competition Authority

Article R464-24-4

…shall not be suspensive. However, the First President of the Paris Court of Appeal or his delegate may order a stay of execution of the decision if it is likely to entail manifestly excessive consequ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Operating rules

Article L214-24-49

The Articles of Association of a SICAV or the regulations of a fonds commun de placement shall determine the duration of the accounting periods, which may not exceed twelve months. However, the first…

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