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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Unjustified geographical blocking

Article L132-24-1

An administrative fine of up to €15,000 for a natural person and up to €75,000 for a legal person shall be imposed for failure to comply with the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2018/302 of the European…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Master and feeder UCITS

Article L214-22

I. - The articles of association or fund rules of a feeder UCITS stipulate that at least 85% of its assets must be invested in shares or units of a single master UCITS or sub-fund thereof. A feeder UC…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to securitisation undertakings

Article L214-175-2

I. - A securitisation undertaking appoints a depositary having its registered office or a branch in France. This appointment is evidenced by a written contract. This contract contains in particular th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Obligations.

Article L228-65

I.-The General Meeting shall deliberate on all measures intended to ensure the defence of the common interests of the bondholders and on any proposal to amend the contract and in particular:1° On any…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Patentable inventions

Article L611-11

An invention is considered to be new if it is not included in the state of the art.The state of the art consists of everything that has been made available to the public before the filing date of the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1 : Issue of plant variety certificates

Article L623-5

I. - Where reproductive or vegetative propagating material or a harvested product has been sold or made available to third parties in any form whatsoever by the breeder or with his consent, for the pu…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Adequate explanations and warnings

Article L313-11

The creditor or credit intermediary shall provide the borrower, free of charge, with adequate explanations to enable the borrower to determine whether the credit agreement or agreements offered and an…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: European investigation decisions under Directive 2014/41/EU of 3 April 2014

Article 694-16

A European Investigation Order is a judicial decision issued by a Member State, called the issuing State, requesting another Member State, called the executing State, using forms common to all States,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services within the territory of States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L511-22

Within the limits of the services that it is authorised to provide in the territory of a Member State other than France where it has its registered office and depending on the authorisation it has rec…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial conglomerates

Article L517-7

I. - Supplementary supervision at the level of a conglomerate applies to regulated entities which meet one of the following criteria: 1° It constitutes the head of the conglomerate ; 2° Its parent und…

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