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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Checking and registering applications.

Article A123-53

…ticles R. 123-92 to R. 123-98 by affixing its secure electronic signature, as defined by Decree no. 2017-1416 of 28 September 2017 on electronic signatures.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to agricultural products and foodstuffs

Article L443-4

…agricultural products, where the indicators listed in the ninth paragraph of III of Article L. 631-24 and in Articles L. 631-24-1 et L. 631-24-3 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code or, wher…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article D775-21

…e same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 533-2-1n° 2007-904 of 15 May 2007D. 533-3 to D. 533-5No. 2017-1324 of 6 September 2017D. 533-11 with the exception of its 5th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The freedom to provide services in the activity of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction by nationals of Member States of the European Union and States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

Article R321-59

The renewal of the declaration provided for in Article L. 321-24 is accompanied by the documents mentioned in 6° and 7° of Article R. 321-58 and, in the event of a material change relating to the situ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Corporate mutual funds governed by article L. 214-165-1

Article R214-214-3

Articles L. 214-24-34, L. 214-24-41, L. 214-24-55, R. 214-32-33, R. 214-32-35 and R. 214-32-40 as well as the provisions of this paragraph are applicable to each of the sub-funds of the fonds communs…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General-purpose professional funds

Article L214-146

…its or shares issued by such an AIF.By way of derogation from the third paragraph of Article L. 214-24-29 and the first paragraph of Article L. 214-24-34, the fund rules or articles of association of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of in vitro diagnostic medical devices.

Article L5221-6

…y require, certain self-diagnostic devices mentioned in paragraph 5 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 and appearing on a list set by order of the Minister for Health issued on a proposal from t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Funds of hedge funds

Article L214-140

A fund of hedge funds may invest in the assets mentioned in article L. 214-24-55 under the conditions laid down by a decree of the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Commencement of proceedings

Article R628-6

The twenty-day period provided for in article R. 621-24, before the expiry of which the juge-commissaire may not appoint an auditor, is reduced to fifteen days.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Night work

Article R3163-4

In the entertainment and horse racing sectors, night work may only be authorised up to 24 hours.In the horse racing sector, this derogation may only be used twice a week and for a maximum of thirty ni…

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