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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Funds open to professional investors

Article D743-12

…and column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the version resulting from the decreeD. 214-187-1n° 2014-87 of 30 January 2014D. 214-188 and D. 214-195no. 2013-687 of 25 July 2013D. 214-202-1n° 201…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Multilateral trading facilities

Article D764-8

…ht-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 424-4n° 2017-1324 of 6 September 2017D. 424-4-1No. 2019-1097 of 28 October 2019II. - For the application…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Multilateral trading facilities

Article D763-8

…ht-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 424-4n° 2017-1324 of 6 September 2017D. 424-4-1No. 2019-1097 of 28 October 2019II. - For the application…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Multilateral trading facilities

Article D762-8

…ht-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 424-4n° 2017-1324 of 6 September 2017D. 424-4-1No. 2019-1097 of 28 October 2019II. - For the application…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Fees charged by commercial court registrars.

Article R743-142-6

I.-For the category of acts of liquidation proceedings other than safeguard or receivership mentioned in table 2 of article appendix 4-7, the fee breaks down into:1° A main fee and a fixed fee for tra…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Inter-municipal cooperation

Article R5832-1

I. - The provisions of articles R. 5211-19 to R. 5211-40 shall apply to Mayotte subject to the adaptations provided for in II. II. - For the application in Mayotte of the provisions mentioned in I: 1°…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Remuneration for library loans

Article L133-4

Remuneration for library lending is distributed as follows: 1° A first share is divided equally between authors and their publishers on the basis of the number of copies of books purchased each year,…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Foreign nationals who are victims of trafficking in human beings or procuring, or who are involved in a programme to help them leave prostitution

Article L425-1

A foreign national who lodges a complaint against a person whom he or she accuses of having committed acts against him or her constituting the offences of trafficking in human beings or procuring, as…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Spouse and child of a foreign national holding long-term resident status - EU in another Member State of the European Union

Article L426-12

Provided they apply within three months of entering France, the spouse of a foreign national holding long-term EU resident status in another EU Member State and a temporary residence permit issued und…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L1121-2

No person may be excluded from a recruitment procedure or from access to an internship or training period in the company, no employee may be penalised, dismissed or subjected to any direct or indirect…

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