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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Regime for members of a regulated market

Article L421-18

Admission to and continued membership of a regulated market by the market undertaking organising trading on that market are subject to compliance with the rules of that market. The relationship betwee…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Regime for members of a regulated market

Article L421-20

Investment firms and credit institutions authorised in a Member State of the European Union or in a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area other than France to execute orders on be…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Regime for members of a regulated market

Article L421-17

The rules of the market shall lay down, in a transparent and non-discriminatory manner, the conditions for admission of members based on objective criteria. Without prejudice to the provisions of Arti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Regime for members of a regulated market

Article L421-19

Market undertakings may not limit the number of members admitted to the regulated market they manage.The AMF shall ensure that market undertakings adapt their technical capacity, as necessary, to the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Obligation to file a draft public offer

Article L433-3

I. - The General Regulation of the Autorité des marchés financiers sets the conditions under which any natural person or legal entity who is a shareholder of a company whose registered office is locat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 12: Employee representative in a chamber of agriculture.

Article L2412-12

When an employee representing a chamber of agriculture has a fixed-term employment contract, he or she benefits from the guarantees and protection provided for inarticle L. 515-4 of the French Rural a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Employee representative in a chamber of agriculture.

Article L2411-20

In accordance withArticle L. 515-4 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, the procedure for authorising dismissal and the periods and duration of protection for employee representatives in a C…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: Decisions recognising a state of natural disaster

Article D125-1-1

The rules governing the right to communication of administrative documents on which decisions are based to recognise or not to recognise a municipality as being in a state of natural disaster are laid…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: Decisions recognising a state of natural disaster

Article D125-1-2

Decisions adopted by ministers to recognise or not to recognise communes as being in a state of natural disaster may be the subject of administrative appeals under the conditions laid down by the prov…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Commitments giving rise to a diversification provision

Article R134-3

The contract specifies the deductions to be made by the insurance undertaking and how they are to be established and collected. The undertaking may deduct only: 1° from premiums paid and amounts trans…

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