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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Undeclared imports and exports.

Article 427

…European Union, in breach of the prohibitions or authorisations referred to in Article 6 of Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 of 5 May 2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Mandatory registered shares

Article L212-3

I. - Subject to the provisions of article L. 211-7, shares issued in French territory and subject to French law, of sociétés par actions, other than SICAVs, sociétés de placement à prépondérance immob…

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

Article L214-127

A société d'investissement à capital fixe, known as a "SICAF", is a public limited company whose purpose is to manage a portfolio of financial instruments, deposits and liquid assets, allowing direct…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Accounting provisions

Article L214-109

…taking into account the nature of their business, in accordance with the procedures laid down by a regulation of the French Accounting Standards Authority (Autorité des normes comptables). The manage…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Subscription of shares

Article L214-93

…at moment. The management company guarantees the proper execution of these transactions.The General Regulations of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) set out the terms and conditions for the im…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Possibilities for grouping company pension savings plans

Article L224-27

…e objective criteria mentioned in 4° of II ofarticle L. 242-1 of the Social Security Code. The plan regulations stipulate that the membership of employees in one of these categories is compulsory unti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1a: Banking inclusion and prevention of over-indebtedness

Article L312-1-1-A

…Comité consultatif de la législation et de la réglementation financières (Financial Legislation and Regulation Consultative Committee). This charter applies to all credit institutions. Compliance with…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Human rights

Article L1110-5-2

…provided for in this article is implemented in accordance with the collegiate procedure defined by regulation, which enables the healthcare team to check beforehand that the conditions for its applic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal penalties

Article L1337-1-1

…and to mining police officers, the offences provided for in this chapter, those provided for in the regulations adopted in application of chapter III of this title, the offences against the rules of p…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article D321-2

…6 January 1986 relating to timeshare property allocation companies, provided that the co-ownership regulations or the documents provided for in article 8 of law no. 86-18 of 6 January 1986 expressly…

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