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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of directors and shareholders of market undertakings

Article L421-7-2

…devote adequate human and financial resources to the training of the persons referred to in Article L. 421-7.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IX: Special provisions applicable to motor vehicle accidents occurring abroad.

Article L421-14

…ocedures for the exercise by the guarantee fund of the right of subrogation provided for in article L. 421-13.A Conseil d'Etat decree sets out the conditions for adapting this section in the overseas…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General safety obligation

Article L421-6

A product is presumed to satisfy the general safety obligation set out in article L. 421-3, with regard to the risks and categories of risk covered by the standards applicable to it, where it complies…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Regime for members of a regulated market

Article L421-20

…d parties or to deal on own account may become members of a regulated market referred to in Article L. 421-1: a) Directly, by establishing a branch in mainland France, the French overseas departments,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of directors and shareholders of market undertakings

Article L421-7-3

…r activities, shall set up an appointments committee composed of the persons referred to in Article L. 421-7 who do not hold any of the offices referred to in 1° of II of Article L. 421-7-1 within the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Entry on the list of persons qualified in industrial property matters

Article L421-1

…to in the first paragraph, provided that they meet the character requirements laid down in Article L. 421-2.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Recognition, review and withdrawal of regulated market status

Article L421-4

…ket undertaking to comply with the obligations set out in paragraphs 2 and 4 of I and II of Article L. 421-11. The Autorité des marchés financiers shall propose, in the same way, that recognition as a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions for hunting accidents occurring in mainland France.

Article L421-8

The guarantee fund set up by article L. 421-1 is responsible for compensating for personal injury caused by all acts of hunting or destruction of animals likely to cause damage in those parts of the t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Qualified employees

Article L421-12

…esidence permit bearing the words "passeport talent-carte bleue européenne" provided for in article L. 421-11 and who provides proof of uninterrupted residence, in accordance with the laws and regulat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of directors and shareholders of market undertakings

Article L421-7-4

…all call on a wide range of qualities and skills when recruiting the persons referred to in article L. 421-7 and, to this end, shall implement a policy favouring diversity within the corporate bodies…

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