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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L512-75

…ions. The nominal value of the shares is set by the articles of association provided for in Article L. 512-73. The amount of shares subscribed by the members referred to in 3 and 4 of Article L. 512-7…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: SUBSIDIARY PROTECTION

Article L512-3

…ction should have been excluded from this protection for one of the reasons provided for in article L. 512-2;2° The decision to grant subsidiary protection was the result of fraud;3° The beneficiary o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The banques populaires network

Article L512-12

…opulaires network, the central body for savings banks and banques populaires referred to in Article L. 512-106 has at its disposal the guarantee funds recorded in the accounts of the société de partic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L512-83

…y decision of the general meeting under conditions determined by the decree provided for in Article L. 512-84, to other maritime mutual credit institutions, to maritime cooperation organisations or to…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Visits and seizures

Article L512-63

The person against whom the order mentioned in article L. 512-52 has been taken may appeal against it to the first president of the court of appeal within whose jurisdiction the judge authorised the m…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: SUBSIDIARY PROTECTION

Article L512-4

In the cases provided for in 1° and 2° of Article L. 512-3, where the granting of subsidiary protection results from a decision of the Cour nationale du droit d'asile or the Conseil d'Etat, the matter…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Expertise

Article L512-43

The two experts mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 512-42 have the same mission. These experts have the same obligations, the same rights, the same responsibilities and receive the same re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Agricultural credit

Article L512-20

…agricole mutuel comprise : 1. Les caisses régionales de crédit agricole mutuel définies à l'article L. 512-34; 2. The caisses locales de crédit agricole mutuel affiliated to the caisses régionales men…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Agricultural and rural credit unions

Article L512-60

…specifically relating to the caisses de Crédit agricole mutuel subject to the provisions of article L. 512-35. Their central body is the Confédération Nationale du Crédit Mutuel. They must belong to t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L512-8

…assets, the amount of this surplus is paid into the collective guarantee fund instituted by article L. 512-16. However, the central body of the caisses d'épargne et des banques populaires may allocate…

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