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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Self-employed foreign nationals

Article L421-5

A foreign national who engages in an economically viable self-employed activity from which he/she derives sufficient means of subsistence, in compliance with the legislation in force, will be issued w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5421-6-2

Any person involved in the manufacture, use, import, export or wholesale distribution of blood-derived medicinal products who fails to record the data required to monitor them pursuant to 14° of artic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-47

…ning of III of Article L. 511-20, with the exception of the subsidiary mentioned in this article;d) Market making. The Minister responsible for the economy may, by order and after obtaining the opinio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter X: Tattooing products

Article L513-10-10

…article L. 513-10-5; 4° The information that the person responsible for placing the product on the market makes available to the public pursuant to article L. 513-10-7; 5° The procedures for implemen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Transferable securities giving access to the capital or giving entitlement to the allotment of debt securities.

Article R228-94

…tiplied by the value of the share. In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, this value is that of the share price quoted during the trading session on the day preceding…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Special rules relating to sociétés de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable (real estate investment companies with variable capital)

Article L214-63

As an exception to the first paragraph of Article L. 225-51-1, the first paragraph of Article L. 225-53 and the third paragraph of Article L. 225-59 of the Commercial Code, the functions of Managing D…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Special rules relating to sociétés de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable (real estate investment companies with variable capital)

Article L214-64

The société de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable (open-ended real estate investment company with predominantly variable capital) and the management company are liable, each indi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Special rules relating to sociétés de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable (real estate investment companies with variable capital)

Article L214-62

…single person and whose articles of association expressly prohibit multiple members, subject to the rules of this sub-paragraph.The registered office and central administration of the société de place…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Special rules relating to sociétés de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable (real estate investment companies with variable capital)

Article L214-67

Articles L. 224-1, L. 224-2, the second paragraph of article L. 225-2, articles L. 225-3 to L. 225-16, L. 225-25, L. 225-26, L. 225-258 to L. 225-270, the fourth paragraph of article L. 227-1, article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Special rules relating to sociétés de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable (real estate investment companies with variable capital)

Article L214-65

The provisions of 3° to 9° and 11° of article L. 214-24-31 and article L. 214-24-47 apply under the same conditions to sociétés de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable.

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