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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions and procedures for authorisation of investment service providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L532-4

…the AMF assesses the quality of the programme in the light of the obligations set out in Articles L. 533-25 and L. 533-26, as well as the conditions under which the investment service provider other…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Procedure for marketing FIAs in France

Article L214-24-0

For the purposes of this paragraph, marketing means a direct or indirect offer or placement, at the initiative or on behalf of a French portfolio management company, a management company established i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Formation with a public offer other than one of those mentioned in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or in Article L. 411-2-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code.

Article L225-8

…equest of the founders or one of them. They are subject to the incompatibilities set out in article L. 822-11-3, without prejudice to the possibility of being appointed to carry out the missions provi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-44

…tted 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 associations to represent their inte…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Approval

Article L532-9

…are legal entities which manage one or more : 1° UCITS ; 2° FIA ; 3° UCITS governed by foreign law and approved in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Development allowance and equalisation allowance for overseas municipalities

Article L2334-23-1

I. - From 2020, the share of the development grant mentioned in the third paragraph of Article L. 2334-13 and intended for the communes of the overseas departments, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the UCITS, the portfolio management company and the depositary

Article L214-9

The UCITS, the depositary and the management company shall act honestly, fairly, professionally, independently and solely in the interests of the UCITS and its unit-holders or shareholders. They must…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Bodies and operations

Article L5842-4

…The provisions of Section 3 of Chapter I of Title I of Book II of Part Five mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Performance of the contract

Article L224-9-1

For dynamic pricing offers mentioned in

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Incompatibilities.

Article LO6432-4-1

The office of President of the Territorial Council is incompatible with the office of member of an independent administrative authority or an independent public authority created by the State.

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