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Showing 52215230 of 6655 articles for Art. EU Regulation 2368/2002

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to portfolio management companies

Article L533-22-2-2

…e shareholders or unit-holders of collective investment schemes of this possibility. IV.The General Regulation of the Autorité des marchés financiers shall specify the conditions for application of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to partnerships limited by shares

Article L22-10-77

I.-In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the Ordinary General Meeting responsible for approving the financial statements for the financial year and the general partn…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Takeover bids

Article L233-33

I. - By way of derogation from I of Article L. 233-32, the articles of association of a company whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market may provide that, during a takeover bid, the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Economic regime

Article 570

I. - In accordance with the procedures laid down by regulation, all suppliers are subject to the following obligations:1° Deliver tobacco only to the tobacconists designated in article 568;2° Retain o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: The mayor and deputy mayors.

Article D2573-7

…of the Book of Tax Procedures" are replaced by the words: "within the meaning of locally applicable regulations".II. - For the application of Articles R. 2122-8, the words: "category A civil servants"…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Approval and exclusion.

Article L125-15

…has entrusted the operation of his business or undertaking, commits an infringement of the internal regulations. In the event of a management lease, this warning is also notified to the tenant-manager…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: ASSETS OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES, THEIR GROUPINGS AND PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS

Article L1841-2

…establishment for inter-communal cooperation and carried out in accordance with locally applicable regulations, be automatically transferred without compensation into the public domain of the commune…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: Sports associations

Article R121-5

…ion; 3° Offence against public order or public morality; 4° Failure to comply with health or safety regulations; 5° Failure to comply with the provisions of articles L. 212-1, L. 212-2, L. 212-9 and L…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Master and feeder general purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-59

…onsiders likely to have a negative impact on the feeder general-purpose investment fund.The General Regulation of the Autorité des marchés financiers shall specify the conditions of application of thi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Professional undertakings for collective real estate investment

Article L214-150

…alent category under the law of the country in which their registered office is located.The General Regulation of the Autorité des marchés financiers sets the conditions under which the subscription a…

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