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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-18-8

The AMF shall assess the risks that may arise from the use of leverage by an AIF or its management company. It may, where it considers it necessary to ensure the stability and integrity of the financi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-18-8

When it does not constitute the violation mentioned in 4° of article L. 232-10, the fact that any person, within the framework of the investigations mentioned in 3° of I of article L. 232-5 and in art…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Supervision of groups on a consolidated basis

Article L613-20-1

I. - Subject to the provisions of Article L. 517-12, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall exercise supervision on a consolidated basis of a group within the meaning of Articles L…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: External control

Article L518-15-3

Article L. 533-22-1 applies to the Caisse des dépôts et consignations.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L530-2-1

…have made payments to a broker or brokerage company registered in the register referred to in article L. 512-1 in respect of contracts which are the subject of an apparent commitment on the part of o…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article L441-6-1

Articles L. 436-10 to L. 436-13 are applicable to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon in the wording resulting from the law no. 2022-1726 of 30 December 2022 on finances for 2023.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions specific to public limited companies

Article L22-10-44

I.-In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, shareholders who have been registered for at least two years and who together hold at least 5% of the voting rights may form…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Informing and obtaining the consent of the person undergoing research involving the human person

Article L1122-1-3

In the case of research involving the human person to be carried out in emergency situations where it is not possible to obtain the prior consent of the person who will be subjected to the research, w…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Contractual obligations

Article L315-8-1

The issuer shall ensure that all transactions required to manage the currency defined in Article L. 315-1 of this Code comply with the accessibility requirements set out in Article L. 412-13 of the Fr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-1-6

Subject to reciprocity, the third-country auditors mentioned in I of Article L. 822-1-5 may be exempted from the requirement to be registered on the list mentioned in II of Article L. 822-1 by decisio…

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