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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Nullity, dissolution and liquidation

Article R4381-79

A member who has been suspended or temporarily banned from practising may be forced to withdraw from the company by a decision taken by the enhanced majority provided for in the Articles of Associatio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS

Article L214-8-9

The management company is required to make the declarations stipulated in articles L. 225-126 and L. 233-7 of the French Commercial Code, for all shares held by the mutual funds it manages. The provis…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to non-trading property investment companies

Article L231-17

It is punishable by six months' imprisonment and a fine of 9,000 euros for any person, in his own name or as a partner in a company of statutory auditors, to accept, perform or retain the duties of st…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Transferable debt securities.

Article L228-77

In the event of an issue of bonds with collateral, the collateral is constituted by the company prior to or at the same time as the issue, on behalf of the bondholders. Acceptance results solely from…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral operations

Article L2223-28

Religious fabriques, consistories or establishments may not become contractors for an external service. In localities where families provide directly or through the care of secular charitable societie…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Management.

Article 1848

In relations between partners, the manager may perform all acts of management required by the interests of the company. If there are several managers, they exercise these powers separately, except for…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and internal control

Article L511-61

The persons referred to in Article L. 511-13 are required to be actively involved in the management of all significant risks incurred by the credit institution or finance company as well as in the val…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L512-7

The members of a banque populaire may not, under any circumstances, at any time and in any form whatsoever, receive in repayment of their contribution a sum in excess of the paid-up portion of the sha…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Merger of mutual insurance companies

Article R322-106-11

On pain of nullity, the companies participating in a merger operation are required to file a declaration with the clerk of the judicial court in which, on the one hand, they describe all the acts carr…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Calculation of sums entered in the automatic online broadcast account

Article 612-10

The sums representing the automatic financial aid to which publishers of on-demand audiovisual media services are entitled are calculated by applying rates to the amount of turnover declared by them a…

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