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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to all financing bodies

Article D214-227

…Article L. 214-169 shall include the following information: 1° The name "deed of assignment of receivables" ; 2° A statement that the assignment is subject to the provisions of articles L. 214-169 to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to all financing bodies

Article R214-225

…ed, with regard to the obligations arising from these contracts, by such an institution or company; 2° These transactions involve the debt securities referred to in 2° of Article D. 214-219 or the liq…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to all financing bodies

Article R214-226

…ng is being wound up in the interests of the holders of units and debt securities previously issued;2° When the outstanding capital of the undertaking's unmatured debt is less than a percentage of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to all financing bodies

Article R214-224

The financing institution may enter into contracts constituting forward financial instruments referred to in III of Article L. 211-1 under the conditions laid down in its articles of association or it…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions specific to Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article R741-2

The b of 2° of the I of article R. 221-9 is replaced in Saint-Martin by the equivalent provisions applicable locally.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Equal opportunities for women and men in the workplace

Article D2241-2

The three-yearly negotiations on professional equality are based on a report presenting the comparative situation of women and men in the areas mentioned in 1° and 2° of article L. 2241-11. It is also…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Referrals to the Agency by bodies represented on its Board of Directors

Article R1413-28

…t paragraph of article L. 1413-5 must be sent by the head of the organisation, or by its representative expressly designated by proxy, to the Director General of the Agency. It must be duly substantia…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Joint associations of local authorities, groups of local authorities and other legal entities governed by public law

Article D5843-2

I. - The articles R. 5721-1 and R. 5721-2 are applicable in French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III.II. - For the application of Article R. 5721-1, the words: "of the Ge…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General obligations

Article 289

…2. Invoices may be physically issued by the customer or by a third party where the taxable person gives them a mandate to do so. Subject to acceptance by the taxable person, each invoice is then issu…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Patents for invention

Article R*617-2-2

Failing an express decision within the time limit mentioned in article R. 617-2-1, the application is deemed to be rejected.

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