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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6a: The equity savings plan for financing small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-cap companies

Article D221-113-5

I. - The number of employees, turnover and balance sheet total of the company issuing the securities registered in the plan, referred to in a) of 2 of Article L. 221-32-2, are assessed under the condi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Criminal penalties

Article L341-31

A creditor or credit intermediary shall be liable to a fine of 30,000 euros for: 1° Failing to provide the borrower with adequate explanations enabling him to determine whether the credit agreement an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the operation of people's savings passbook accounts.

Article R221-56

In the event of non-compliance with the undertakings given pursuant to article R. 221-61, the competent administrative authority may, after giving the establishment or body concerned the opportunity t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title II: RULES FOR THE FORMATION AND PERFORMANCE OF CERTAIN CONTRACTS

Article R221-2

En application des 4°, 5° et 6° de l'article L. 221-5, the trader shall provide the consumer with the following information: 1° His name or business name, the geographical address where the trader is…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: The borough mayor

Article L2511-31

The mayor of the municipality or the mayor of Paris informs the arrondissement mayor of the general conditions for the implementation of equipment projects whose execution is planned, in whole or in p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions relating to beneficiaries of people's savings passbook accounts.

Article R221-38

When the holder of a popular savings passbook account ceases to meet the condition mentioned in 4° of article R. 221-33 for the second consecutive year, the holder must request that the account be clo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Opening and closing the Livret jeune.

Article R221-79

Holders of youth passbooks must request closure of their accounts by 31 December of the year in which they turn 25 at the latest. Deposit-taking institutions are required to automatically close the ac…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Opening and closing the Livret jeune.

Article R221-78

When applying to open a Livret Jeune account, the applicant is informed by the institution or organisation that holds the account of the account's operating procedures, in particular the consequences…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: General rules governing general-purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-31

Notwithstanding Titles II and III of Book II and Title II of Book VIII of the French Commercial Code, the following provisions apply to SICAVs: 1° Shares must be fully paid up as soon as they are issu…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Inclusion on the list of top-level athletes

Article R221-1-1

The Minister for Sport draws up the list of sports recognised as high level before 31 December of the year of the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games and, for sports on the programme of the Winter Oly…

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