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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Negotiable debt securities

Article L213-2

Negotiable debt securities are recorded in a securities account held by an intermediary referred to in article L. 211-3 or in a shared electronic recording system referred to in the same article.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Transfer of the business assets of the sole trader

Article L526-31

Subject to articles L. 223-9, L. 225-8-1 and L. 227-1, when the business assets contributed to a company contain assets constituting a contribution in kind, a contribution auditor shall be appointed.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Self-employed persons, members of the liberal professions and the self-employed.

Article L6331-52

For the collection of the contributions referred to in Articles L. 6331-48 and L. 6331-53, the body referred to inArticle L. 225-1-1 of the Social Security Code collects management fees in accordance…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Status and purpose

Article L513-2

I. - Sociétés de crédit foncier are specialised credit institutions whose exclusive purpose is to:1° To grant or acquire guaranteed loans, exposures to public entities and securities, deposits and exp…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Constitution.

Article L322-12

The main purpose of the central insurance companies created by law no. 73-8 of 4 January 1973 relating to the implementation of employee shareholding in national banks and national insurance companies…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application.

Article L4521-1

The provisions of this Title are applicable in establishments comprising at least one basic nuclear installation within the meaning of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures specific to the safeguarding, reorganisation or liquidation of credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, electronic money institutions and payment institutions.

Article L613-31

The provisions relating to the safeguarding, reorganisation and liquidation of credit institutions and investment firms set out in articles L. 613-25 to L. 613-30 and L. 211-10 do not apply to legal p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Foreign financial instruments

Article L211-41

All equivalent instruments or rights representing a financial investment in an entity issued on the basis of foreign law are treated in the same way as the financial securities referred to in article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-38

An undertaking for collective real estate investment may, subject to the limits and conditions laid down by decree, enter into financial contracts within the meaning of III of article L. 211-1.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Payment systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments

Article L752-15

I.- Subject to the provisions of II and III, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right…

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