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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Reporting and information requirements

Article L561-16

The persons mentioned in Article L. 561-2 shall refrain from carrying out any transaction involving sums which they know, suspect or have good reason to suspect originate from an offence punishable by…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Direct selling of banking services

Article L753-16

…cated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 341-1 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 341-2 Order no. 2019-1067 of 21 October 2019 L. 341-3, w…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Direct selling of banking services

Article L752-16

…ted in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In their wording resulting from L. 341-1 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 341-2 Order no. 2019-1067 of 21 October 2019 L. 341-3, w…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounting obligations applicable to all traders.

Article L123-16

Small companies may, under conditions laid down by a regulation of the Accounting Standards Authority, adopt a simplified presentation of their annual accounts.Medium-sized companies may, under condit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Company mutual funds

Article L214-164

…s council(s) concerned or by representative trade union organisations within the meaning of article L. 2231-1 of the Labour Code.The Chairman of the Supervisory Board is chosen from among the represen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Company mutual funds

Article L214-165

…rities issued by the company or by any company linked to it under the conditions set out in article L. 3344-1 of the French Labour Code. II. - The fund rules specify the composition and procedures for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Advertising.

Article L5122-16

…conditions for granting, suspending or withdrawing the advertising approval provided for in article L. 5122-8 ; 2° The procedures for applying article L. 5122-9 ; 3° The conditions under which free sa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Supplementary provisions

Article L3141-16

In the absence of any stipulation in the agreement concluded pursuant to Article L. 3141-15, the employer : 1° Defines, after consulting the social and economic committee where applicable: a) The peri…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to all financing bodies

Article L214-168

…is, on the one hand, to be exposed to the risks, including insurance risks, referred to in article L. 214-175-1 and, on the other hand, to finance or hedge them in full, under the conditions provided…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to all financing bodies

Article L214-169

…all categories and creditors who have accepted them.Subject to the third paragraph of IV of Article L. 214-190-1, the units or shares may not be redeemed by the fund.III. - A financial undertaking may…

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