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

Article L533-22

I.-The portfolio management companies mentioned in article L. 532-9, with the exception of those which exclusively manage FIAs covered by I of article L. 214-167, FIAs covered by IV of article L. 532-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Responsibility of the competent authorities

Article L532-46

…s capacity as home authority of an asset management company, the Autorité des marchés financiers shall forward a copy of the relevant cooperation arrangements it has entered into in accordance with Ar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to non-trading property investment companies

Article L231-17

It is punishable by six months' imprisonment and a fine of 9,000 euros for any person, in his own name or as a partner in a company of statutory auditors, to accept, perform or retain the duties of st…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Offences relating to cheques and other non-cash money instruments

Article L163-7

…offence for any person to issue one or more cheques in breach of the prohibition imposed under article L. 163-6, and is punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of 375,000 euros. The same pen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Credits

Article L753-6

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Other cases of recourse to expert appraisal

Article L2315-93

The Chartered Accountant has access to the information under the conditions set out in Articles L. 2315-83 and L. 2315-90. Where the matter is referred to him as part of a merger operation as provided…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health and the environment

Article L1533-1

The provisions of Title III of Book III of this Part are applicable in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories subject to the following adaptations: 1° In Articles L. 1333-8 and L. 1333-30, the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Participation of users in the operation of the healthcare system

Article L1114-3

Employees who are members of an association referred to in article L. 1114-1 are entitled to the representation leave provided for by L. 3142-51 of the Labour Code when they are called upon to sit on…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Consumer credit

Article L312-50

The seller or service provider may not receive any payment from the purchaser in any form whatsoever, nor any deposit, in addition to the part of the price that the purchaser has agreed to pay in cash…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3121-48

The employer may, at the request of certain employees, set up a system of individualised working hours allowing hours to be carried over from one week to another, within the limits and according to th…

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