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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Use of funds

Article L515-9

The Articles of Association determine the levies and commissions charged to the company on its transactions. A reserve fund known as the "legal reserve", equal to half the share capital, is set up in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Use of funds

Article L515-8

The capital, the reserve funds and the guarantee fund are allocated to guarantee the sureties given by the company in such a way as to serve as a provision for bills, notes and commitments, in the abs…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Articles of association

Article L515-5

Mutual guarantee companies are commercial companies.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Articles of association

Article L515-6

The Articles of Association determine the registered office and mode of administration of the company, the conditions necessary for the amendment of these Articles of Association and the dissolution o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Articles of association

Article L515-7

The Articles of Association provide that the Board of Directors shall determine for each member the maximum amount of guarantees that may be granted and shall limit the period for which such guarantee…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Civil parties

Article L3515-7

Associations whose statutory purpose includes the fight against smoking, which have been duly registered for at least five years at the time of the events, may exercise the rights granted to civil par…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Requests and complaints from detainees

Article D262

In accordance with the dispositions de l'article D. 345-10 du code pénitentiaire, les personnes détenues peuvent correspond sous pli fermé avec les magistrats de l'ordre judiciaire en exercice dans le…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Foreign nationals with proof of regular uninterrupted residence in France, a certain level of resources and health insurance

Article L426-17

A foreign national who provides proof of at least five years' regular uninterrupted residence in France under a temporary or multi-annual residence permit or a resident's permit, stable and regular re…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Foreign nationals with proof of regular uninterrupted residence in France, a certain level of resources and health insurance

Article L426-18

Article L. 426-17 does not apply when the foreign national resides in France under: 1° A temporary residence permit bearing the wording "ICT trainee" provided for in article L. 421-30; 2° A temporary…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Foreign nationals with proof of regular uninterrupted residence in France, a certain level of resources and health insurance

Article L426-19

The decision to grant the resident card bearing the words "long-term resident-EU" provided for in article L. 426-17 is subject to compliance with the conditions of republican integration provided for…

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