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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L341-26

…hout providing the borrower with the European Standardised Information Sheet referred to in Article L. 313-7 and the second paragraph of Article L. 313-24 or the pre-contractual information mentioned…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L341-25

…h the conditions, applicable to pre-contractual information, laid down by the provisions of article L. 313-7, the second paragraph of article L. 313-24 or the second paragraph of Article L. 313-64, ma…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to portfolio management companies

Article L533-22-2-3

For the application of articles L. 1226-15, L. 1234-9, L. 1235-3, L. 1235-3-1, L. 1235-11 and L. 1235-16 of the Labour Code, the determination of the indemnity payable by the employer does not take in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to portfolio management companies

Article L533-22-2-4

…ion of women and men among the teams, bodies and managers responsible for making investment decisions. The results obtained are presented in the document referred to in II of article L. 533-22-1. This…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to portfolio management companies

Article L533-22-2-1

…management companies shall act honestly, fairly and professionally in the best interests of investors. All information, including promotional communications, sent by an asset management company to inv…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of medical devices.

Article L5211-2

…professional users, other than healthcare professionals, as part of a service intended for consumers. The Agency shall be the authority responsible for notified bodies in accordance with the provisio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Compulsory expenditure

Article L2321-2

…he department's collection of administrative acts; 3° Functional allowances provided for in article L. 2123-20, contributions to the general social security scheme pursuant to article L. 2123-25-2, co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Governance

Article L224-21

…Where this list includes assets other than units in the company mutual funds mentioned in article L. 214-164, the plan rules provide for the setting up of a supervisory committee made up of represen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L733-2

…tation provisions provided for in II, III and IV: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 131-1 law no. 2006-387 of 31 March 2006 L. 131-1-1 Act no. 2010-737 of 1 July 2010 L. 131-2 and L…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Essential health and safety requirements.

Article R5211-23-2

…of the EC design examination certificate or EC type examination certificate referred to in Articles R. 5211-40 and R. 5211-41 respectively, manufacturers of medical devices or active implantable medic…

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