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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition

Article L341-2

The rules on direct marketing by banks or financial institutions do not apply to :1° Contacts with qualified investors as defined in Article L. 411-2 .1 and with legal entities whose balance sheet tot…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligations of the market undertaking

Article L421-10

I. - With a view to recognition as a regulated market, the market undertaking shall draw up the rules of the market. These rules, which are transparent and non-discretionary, ensure fair and orderly t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L561-36-3

I. - Any failure by the persons referred to in 12°, 13°, 14°, 18° and 19° of Article L. 561-2 to comply with the obligations laid down in Sections 3 to 6 of this Chapter, in Chapter II of this Title,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Admission to psychiatric care at the request of a third party or in the event of imminent danger

Article L3212-1

I.-A person suffering from a mental disorder may only be the subject of psychiatric care on the decision of the director of an establishment mentioned in article L. 3222-1 when the following two condi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Subscription, purchase or pledging by companies of their own shares

Article L22-10-62

The general meeting of a company whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market or a multilateral trading facility subject to the provisions of II of Article L. 433-3 of the Monetary and F…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Powers of investigation.

Article L450-3-3

I.-As an exception to the last two paragraphs of Article L. 450-3, for the purposes of investigating and establishing the offences and breaches provided for in Title II of this Book, access to data st…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VII: Administrative injunctions and penalties

Article L470-2

I. - The administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs is the competent authority for imposing administrative fines to punish the breaches referred to in Title IV of this B…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Publication of the Treasury's lien

Article 1929 quater

1. Amounts still owed on a preferential basis by traders and legal entities governed by private law, even if they are not traders, in respect of income tax, tax on the profits of companies and other l…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Responsibilities

Article L4422-16

I. - On its own initiative or at the request of the Executive Council, or at the request of the Prime Minister, the Assembly of Corsica may submit proposals to amend or adapt regulatory provisions in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Inspections and investigations

Article L621-10-2

For the purposes of investigating market abuse as defined by Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Regulation) and re…

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