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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures specific to the safeguarding, reorganisation or compulsory liquidation of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms

Article R613-20-2

On the basis of the documents and information provided by the debtor, the electronic money holders, the administrators appointed by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and by the cour…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article R612-29-2

The approval decision provided for in article L. 612-29-1 is published in the Journal officiel de la République française.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Direct allowances

Article 611-20

…611-22, either for the edition or re-edition of a short cinematographic work, o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Civil servants and public service employees

Article 28-2

I.-Category A and B tax department agents, specially designated by order of the ministers responsible for justice and the budget, taken after the assent of a commission whose composition and operation…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: APPEALS TO THE NATIONAL COURT ON ASYLUM RIGHTS

Article R532-28-2

…ode, the agent may, if necessary, be required to produce a copy of the appeal or brief bearing his handwritten signature.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-25

Any association that has been duly registered for at least five years on the date of the incident and whose statutory purpose includes the fight against violence, insults, defamation, moral harassment…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 6 : Provisions common to certain methods of acquiring French nationality

Article 21-27

…en fully enforced. The same applies to anyone whose residence in France is irregular under the laws and conventions relating to the residence of foreign nationals in France. The provisions of this art…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Judicial representatives

Article R812-23-2

…o carry out his duties due to a suspension or a ban imposed under the conditions provided for in 3° and 4° of II of Article L. 814-10-2, the Public Prosecutor at the judicial court within whose jurisd…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Procedure for pre-marketing AIFs in France or in an EU Member State other than France (article L. 214-24-2-1)

Article L214-24-2-1

…set out the procedures for notifying the Autorité des marchés financiers of pre-marketing activities. For the purposes of this article, pre-marketing is defined as the direct or indirect provision of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Prohibitions

Article R511-2-1-2

…on which the loan is granted, the lending company's equity exceeds the amount of the share capital and the gross operating surplus is positive; 2° The net cash position, defined as the value of curre…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
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