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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Shareholding and control

Article L214-24-21

I. - This paragraph applies, subject to the conditions laid down in Article 6 of Directive 2002/14/EC of 11 March 2002:1° To one or more AIFs managed by the same management company which, either separ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities.

Article R123-208-2

…stration in the Trade and Companies Register shall make the declaration provided for in Article L. 123-29 with the competent territorial chamber of commerce and industry.Any person subject to registra…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exempt transactions

Article 261 A

…movable or immovable property and provided to their members by legal entities designated in article 239 octies in return for, independently of contributions, the strict reimbursement of their share of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Certification and swearing-in

Article R15-33-29-2

…time by the Prefect if the holder ceases to fulfil one or more of the conditions set out in article 29-1 or if it fails to comply with the provisions of l'article R. 15-33-29-1. The principal and the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Business-to-business loans

Article R511-2-1-2

…mpany'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 current financial assets with a maturity of less t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-2-2

Class 2 investment firms shall have in place sound, effective and comprehensive arrangements, strategies and processes for assessing and maintaining, on an ongoing basis, the amount, type and distribu…

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

Article 2-22

…may exercise the rights granted to civil parties in respect of offences punishable by the articles 224-1 A to 224-1 C, 225-4-1 à 225-4-9,225-5 à 225-12-2,225-14-1 and 225-14-2 of the Criminal Code, w…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Reintegration into French nationality

Article 24

The reinstatement into French nationality of persons who establish that they were French shall result from a decree or a declaration in accordance with the distinctions set out in the articles below.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Consequences of legal separation

Article 299

Legal separation does not dissolve the marriage but puts an end to the duty to cohabit.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Formation of the jury

Article 261

In each commune, the mayor, with a view to drawing up the preparatory list for the annual list, publicly draws by lot from the electoral roll a number of names three times the number set by the prefec…

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