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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

The statutory auditor is required to report as soon as possible to the Autorité des marchés financiers any fact or decision concerning the general-purpose investment fund of which he has become aware…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to all national interest markets.

Article R761-21

…on its own initiative, for reasons of public order, the prefect responsible for policing the market may decide to transfer it within the reference perimeter. The cost of relocating professional vendor…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-31

The articles of association of companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market may not provide for higher quorums for meetings of their extraordinary general meeting than those in…

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

Article R214-214-7

The following are considered to be liquid within the meaning of IV of Article L. 214-165-1: 1° Transferable securities which are admitted to trading on a trading platform of a State party to the Agree…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation

Article L612-17

…d by professional secrecy under the conditions and subject to the penalties laid down in Article L. 641-1. II. - This secrecy may not be invoked against1° To the judicial authority acting in the conte…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: European UCITS management companies

Article L532-21-2

Where the Autorité des marchés financiers finds that a management company referred to in Article L. 532-20-1 with a branch or providing services in mainland France, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martiniq…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Placement in an anti-seizure bracelet

Article R24-24

…ic surveillance or house arrest under mobile electronic surveillance, the provisions of articles R. 24-14 to R. 24-23 are applicable, as are those of articles R. 631-1 and R. 631-3 du code pénitentiai…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Admission to trading

Article L421-16

…isrupts the regular operation of a trading venue, the AMF Chairman or his designated representative may suspend all or part of trading for a period not exceeding two consecutive trading days. After th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Building and public works companies out of work due to bad weather.

Article L5424-17

In the event of late payment of contributions and late filing of wage declarations used as a basis for contributions, contributions due and unpaid or corresponding to declarations not filed on time wi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Terms and conditions of engagement.

Article R4532-17

…private individual for his or her own personal use, as provided for in Article L. 4532-7, no person may act as coordinator unless he or she possesses the required competence in accordance with the pro…

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