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

Article L421-7-5

The corporate bodies of a market undertaking made up of the persons referred to in Article L. 421-7: 1° Define and supervise the implementation of a system of governance that guarantees the efficient…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Transfers of property, rights and obligations.

Article L5215-30

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat sets the conditions under which the technical services of the urban community provide maintenance for roads temporarily retained by the communes. In addition, in the oth…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Transfers of property, rights and obligations.

Article L5215-31

Within the perimeter of the conurbation in which the urban community exercises its powers, roads may be redistributed between the State, the département and the urban community. The corresponding clas…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security detention and surveillance

Article 706-53-13

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custodian

Article L214-10-5

I. - The UCITS depositary :1° Ensures that all payments made by or on behalf of unitholders or shareholders in connection with the subscription of units or shares of UCITS have been received and that…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-55-1

Prior to their appointment, all external valuation experts shall inform the open-ended real estate investment company or the fund management company whether or not they have taken out an insurance pol…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to transferable securities

Article L228-3-3

Where the addressee of the request for disclosure of information made in accordance with Articles L. 228-2 to L. 228-3-1 has not provided such information within the time limits set pursuant to the sa…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Intercountry adoption, conflicts of law and the effect in France of adoptions granted abroad

Article 370-3

The conditions of adoption are subject to the national law of the adopter or, in the case of adoption by a couple, to the common national law of the two members of the couple on the day on which the a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Operating conditions.

Article L812-5-1-A

The court-appointed agent may practise his profession within the framework of a société pluri-professionnelle d'exercice, provided for in Title IV bis of Law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Requisitioning and seizures

Article D15-5-1

When the requisitions provided for in Article 60-1 relating to information from a computer system or processing of personal data are sent to one of the bodies or persons mentioned in Article R. 15-33-…

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