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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions specific to specialised financing bodies

Article L214-190-1

…thorised in accordance with Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 and authorised by its competent authority to manage AIFs. IV. - In accordance with the con…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XXIa: Tax to finance the local authority support fund

Article 235 ter ZE bis

…ode, are subject to a tax to finance the support fund created by Article 92 of Law No. 2013-1278 du 29 December 2013 de finances pour 2014, in respect of their activity carried out on 1 January of eac…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supervisory Board, Executive Board and Management Board

Article L6143-7

…uant to article L. 6148-2, partnership contracts pursuant to article 19 of order no. 2004-559 of 17 June 2004 on partnership contracts and rental agreements pursuant to article L. 6148-3;11° Submits t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking, payment services and electronic money

Article L752-2

…12-6 and L. 312-7 to L. 312-8-1 Order no. 2015-1024 of 20 August 2015 L. 312-9 Law no. 2016-1918 of 29 December 2016 L. 312-10 and L. 312-11 Order no. 2015-1024 of 20 August 2015 L. 312-12 law no. 200…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking, payment services and electronic money

Article L753-2

…12-6 and L. 312-7 to L. 312-8-1 Order no. 2015-1024 of 20 August 2015 L. 312-9 Law no. 2016-1918 of 29 December 2016 L. 312-10 and L. 312-11 Order no. 2015-1024 of 20 August 2015 L. 312-12 law no. 200…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions

Article R4421-1-1

…of 3 December 2019 R. 4126-3 Decree no. 2010-334 of 26 March 2010 R. 4126-4 Decree no. 2004-802 of 29 July 2004 R. 4126-5Decree no. 2023-147 of 27 February 2023 R. 4126-6Decree no. 2007-434 of 25 Mar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Setting up a collective shop

Article L125-8

The contract of incorporation or the articles of association, as the case may be, must, on pain of nullity, and subject to the joint and several liability of the signatories, contain an express statem…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 380-2

The right to appeal belongs: 1° To the accused; 2° To the public prosecutor; 3° To the person civilly liable, as regards his civil interests; 4° To the civil party, as regards his civil interests; 5°…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-2-6

The regulations of the sports federation or, where applicable, of the professional league may provide for a procedure to approve the fixed-term employment contract of the professional athlete and trai…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L172-22

In the event of receivership or compulsory liquidation of the insured, the insurer may, if the formal notice has not been followed by payment, cancel the current policy, but the cancellation shall hav…

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