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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Subject matter of copyright

Article R111-1

…rpose, the nature of the work and the intended method of exploitation: Centre national des lettres; Société des gens de lettres; Société des auteurs et compositeurs dramatiques; Société des auteurs, c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Liquidation

Article L237-18

…II. - The liquidator is appointed : 1° In general partnerships, unanimously by the partners; 2° In sociétés en commandite simple, unanimously by the general partners and by a capital majority of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R6223-63

…ndicate : 1° The company name, immediately preceded or followed, as appropriate, by the words : a) "Société d'exercice libéral à responsabilité limitée" or: "SELARL" ; b) "Société d'exercice libéral à…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Income tax

Article 202 ter A

…ed when these non-trading companies are converted into open-ended real estate investment companies (sociétés de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable). Capital gains or losses arisi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the UCITS, the portfolio management company and the depositary

Article L214-9-1

For the purposes of this section, the management body of the UCITS, of the depositary or of the management company means the body which: 1° Has the ultimate power of decision within the UCITS, the dep…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the UCITS, the portfolio management company and the depositary

Article L214-9

The UCITS, the depositary and the management company shall act honestly, fairly, professionally, independently and solely in the interests of the UCITS and its unit-holders or shareholders. They must…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial conglomerates

Article L517-2

…icle L. 931-4-1 of the French Social Security Code or article L. 211-8-1 of the French Mutual Code;-sociétés de groupe assurantiel de protection sociale (social protection insurance group companies) r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial conglomerates

Article L517-7

I. - Supplementary supervision at the level of a conglomerate applies to regulated entities which meet one of the following criteria: 1° It constitutes the head of the conglomerate ; 2° Its parent und…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial conglomerates

Article L517-4

A mixed financial holding company is a parent undertaking, other than a regulated entity, which has its registered office in a Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agree…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Intermediary parent companies

Article L517-4-2

An intermediate parent undertaking in the European Union is a credit institution or a financial holding company or a mixed financial holding company which has applied for approval in accordance with t…

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