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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article R214-72

During the pre-liquidation period, the fund : 1° May no longer arrange for new subscriptions of units other than those of its unitholders on the date of its entry into the pre-liquidation period in or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: REVENUE

Article R2336-10

I. - A resource indicator is hereby created for the inter-municipal groupings and isolated communes of French Polynesia which corresponds to the sum of:a) The flat-rate allocation of the global operat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions and differentiated exercise of powers

Article L1111-7

Local and regional authorities shall exercise their own powers in compliance with the constraints imposed by national defence. In this respect, the division of powers provided for by law shall not pre…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General principles

Article L1611-5-1

I. - An online payment service meeting the conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat is made available to users by: 1° Local authorities and their public establishments; 2° Public health es…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title II: Ordinary remedies.

Article 540

If the judgment was rendered by default or if it is deemed to be contradictory, the judge has the option of relieving the defendant of the foreclosure resulting from the expiry of the time limit if th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 60-1

The public prosecutor or the judicial police officer or, under the latter's control, the judicial police officer or, in the case provided for in 3° of Article 21-3, the investigation assistant may, by…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: State

Article L111-2

The collective sports services plan, drawn up in accordance with articles 2 and 10 of law no. 95-115 of 4 February 1995 on regional planning and development, defines the State's objectives for develop…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter V: National platform to combat the manipulation of sporting events

Article L335-1

I.-The national platform for combating the manipulation of sporting competitions is responsible for : 1° Serve as a centre for gathering, collating and sharing information and documents that are usefu…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the statutes of professional leagues

Article R132-2

The professional league is constituted for an unlimited period in the form of an association declared in accordance with the provisions of the law of 1st July 1901 relating to the contract of associat…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Organisation and powers.

Article L411-2

The powers of the Comité Consultatif de la Législation et de la Réglementation Financières are set out in Article L. 614-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code, which reads as follows: "Art. L. 614-2 -T…

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