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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-40

…rogation from I, a general-purpose investment fund may borrow provided that such borrowings :1° Are used on a temporary basis and represent a maximum of 10% of its assets ;2° are used to acquire prope…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article R225-61

…w shareholders to vote at meetings by electronic means of telecommunication shall set up a site exclusively dedicated to these purposes.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Employment and working conditions

Article R1253-38

The company may recruit employees either to assign them exclusively to the activity of the employers' group, or to assign them both to this activity and to its other activities.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Transfers of sums, securities or assets.

Article R152-6

…2-1, shall be made in writing, on paper or by electronic means, by the bearers of the cash, to the customs authorities, at the latest when entering or leaving the European Union or crossing the border…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 10: Special provisions for forestry investment groups

Article R214-176-3

…gne forestière, another groupement forestier d'investissement or a groupement forestier managing an estate whose forests are subject to approved simple management plans. However, the merger may not re…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: Terms and conditions of transfers of competence

Article D6371-2

The amount of charges transferred, depending on the competence, by the State, the Regional Council of Guadeloupe, the General Council of Guadeloupe or the municipality of Saint-Martin pursuant to the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L212-1

With the exception of the complementary artist, considered as such by professional usage, the performer is the person who represents, sings, recites, declaims, plays or performs in any other way a lit…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Preliminary Title: Publication, effects and application of laws in general

Article 6-1

…ption of those provided for in Chapters I to IV of Title VII of Book I of this Code, whether the spouses or parents are of different or the same sex.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R814-141

A member who is temporarily banned or provisionally suspended may not engage in any professional activity for the duration of the ban or suspension, but during the same period retains his status as a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Artificial baths

Article D1332-43

…provisions of this section apply to public or private artificial bathing facilities for collective use. Open-system artificial bathing facilities whose replenishment depends on the tides are not subj…

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