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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS

Article L214-8

…mun de placement, which does not have legal personality, is a co-ownership of financial instruments and deposits, the units of which are issued and redeemed at the request of subscribers or unitholder…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS

Article L214-7

…ociété par actions simplifiée) whose sole purpose is to manage a portfolio of financial instruments and deposits.The registered office and central administration of the SICAV are located in France.Sub…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS

Article L214-8-6

…required.Fund unitholders shall exercise the rights conferred on shareholders by articles L. 823-6 and L. 823-7 of the French Commercial Code.The statutory auditor shall inform the general meeting of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS

Article L214-8-7

The redemption by the fund of its units and the issue of new units may be temporarily suspended by the management company when exceptional circumstances so require and if the interests of the unithold…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS

Article L214-8-9

The management company is required to make the declarations stipulated in articles L. 225-126 and L. 233-7 of the French Commercial Code, for all shares held by the mutual funds it manages. The provis…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS

Article L214-8-3

In all cases where the provisions relating to companies and financial securities require the surname, first names and domicile of the holder of the security to be indicated, and for all transactions c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Rules of good conduct

Article L341-13

Direct marketers are prohibited from offering products, financial instruments, digital assets and services other than those for which they have received express instructions from the person or persons…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Rules of good conduct

Article L341-16

…s concluded ; 2° Or from the day on which the person being canvassed receives the contractual terms and conditions and the information, if this latter date is later than that mentioned in 1°. II-When…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Rules of good conduct

Article L341-12

…ceive information laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, relating in particular to: 1° The name and business address of the natural person canvassing ; 2° The name, address and, where applicable,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Rules of good conduct

Article L341-14

…a payment service or a transaction in miscellaneous goods is concluded between the person canvassed and the establishment, firm or legal entity authorised to carry out these activities, without the di…

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