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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
BOOK VII: SPECIAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MAYOTTE

Article L1711-4

I. - Articles L. 1424-1 to L. 1424-13, L. 1424-17 to L. 1424-19, L. 1424-22, L. 1424-24 to L. 1424-44, L. 1424-46 et L. 1424-48 to L. 1424-50 shall apply in Mayotte from 1 January 2014, subject to the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Professional private equity funds

Article L214-160

…of units in professional private equity funds is reserved for the investors referred to in article L. 214-144 as well as for investors who are managers, employees or natural persons acting on behalf…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Regulations and decisions

Article L621-7

…issuers when they make offers to the public, with the exception of those mentioned in 1° of Article L. 411-2 or 2 or 3 of Article L. 411-2-1, or whose financial instruments, units mentioned in Article…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L811-2-4

For its application in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, Article L. 615-2 of this code is worded as follows: Art. L. 615-2.-An infringement action shall be brought by the owner of the patent. Unless othe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Shareholding and control

Article L214-24-23

…all set the conditions under which the AIFs or their management companies mentioned in I of Article L. 214-24-1 acquire control : 1° Of a company whose registered office is established in a Member Sta…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Powers exercised on behalf of the municipality.

Article L2122-22

…ate and exchange rate hedging transactions, and to take the decisions referred to in III of Article L. 1618-2 and in a of article L. 2221-5-1, subject to the provisions of c of this same article, and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Overseas application of the provisions of European Union law on monetary and financial matters

Article L712-7

I. - The Minister responsible for the economy shall determine, in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, the conditions of application of the foll…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Position limits

Article L420-11

…held by a person and those held on his behalf at the level of a group within the meaning ofArticle L. 233-17-2 of the Commercial Code in order to: 1° Prevent market abuse within the meaning of Regula…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to UCITS, debt securitisation funds and property investment funds

Article L231-4

…y fail to arrange for the appointment of the fund's auditor in accordance with the terms of article L. 214-8-6. II. - Any statutory auditor, either in his own name or as a partner in a company of stat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal penalties.

Article L1324-3

…ended for human consumption, with the exception of the cases provided for in application of article L. 1322-14; 3° Carrying out the activities listed in I of article L. 1321-7 and I of article L. 1322…

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