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Showing 26912700 of 68978 articles for Art. s. L. 145-1 to L. 145-60 + R. 145-1 to R. 145-38

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for swearing in

Article L131-18

Persons registered on the lists of sworn brokers mentioned in article L. 131-12 may, in the activities reserved for these brokers, refer to their status as "courtier de marchandises assermenté près la…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Specialised professional funds

Article L214-157

I. - Notwithstanding the third paragraph of Article L. 214-24-29 and the first paragraph of Article L. 214-24-34, the fund rules or the articles of association of the specialised professional fund sha…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Specialised professional funds

Article L214-156

The General Regulation of the Autorité des marchés financiers shall determine in particular the conditions under which subscribers are informed of the investment rules specific to this specialised pro…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Specialised professional funds

Article L214-155

Article L. 214-144 applies to specialised professional funds. The subscription and acquisition of units or shares may also be carried out by investors who are managers, employees or natural persons ac…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Specialised professional funds

Article L214-154

…ofessional investment fund" or a "partnership company". The société de libre partenariat is subject to sub-paragraph 3 of this paragraph.By way of derogation from Articles L. 214-24-29, L. 214-24-34 a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Specialised professional funds

Article L214-158

Where a specialised professional fund is a master AIF, the rules governing investment holding, canvassing and marketing of the feeder AIF are those of the master AIF.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions and differentiated exercise of powers

Article L1111-1-1

Locally elected representatives are members of councils elected by universal suffrage to freely administer local authorities under the conditions laid down by law. They exercise their mandate in compl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Conciliation, orientation and preparation of the case.

Article L1454-1-1

…on and Referral Office may, by simple measure of judicial administration: 1° If the dispute relates to a dismissal or a request for judicial termination of the employment contract, refer the parties,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article L22-10-1

Companies whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market or a multilateral trading facility are governed by the rules applicable to their corporate form, subject to the provisions of t…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Adjustable financing arrangements

Article L2222-1

…ndicated in the final tender may be adjusted.These adjustments may not have the effect of calling into question the conditions of competitive tendering by exonerating the purchaser from the obligation…

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