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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to pledges of securities registered in a shared electronic recording device

Article R211-14-1

…d in article L. 211-3 or a credit institution under the conditions set out in III of article L. 211-20. II - For the application of IV of article L. 211-20, the pledgee defines with the pledgor the co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration

Article A822-4

…and writing skills, lasting three hours (coefficient 3). Each of the four tests is marked from 0 to 20 and marked twice. The marking is anonymous. An average of 10/20 is required for eligibility; any…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1463 A

…be boosted defined in II of the same Article 44 sexdecies that they have created between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2023, from the year following that of their creation.For seven years from the y…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41-5

…re to be in breach of the requirements resulting from the provisions of : 1° Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 ; 2° Articles 3 to 7, 14 to 17 an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Directors

Article L533-26

…he provisions of this II do not apply to members appointed on the basis of Articles 4 or 6 of Order 2014-948 of 20 August 2014 on the governance and capital transactions of publicly held companies to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation.

Article L5216-1

…ed in article L. 2334-2, on the double condition that the latter exceeds this threshold by at least 20% and exceeds the total population by more than 50%. The perimeter of an agglomeration community m…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Infringements of market transparency

Article L465-3

…ket sounding carried out in accordance with Articles 1 to 8 of Article 11 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: French investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L532-24

…host Member State designated as the contact point within the meaning of Article 79(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial inst…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 9: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies relating to systematic internalisers

Article L533-32

…multilateral system. Its system must operate in accordance with Title III of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instrument…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Subscription, purchase or pledging by companies of their own shares

Article L22-10-64

…ce accepted by the Autorité des marchés financiers pursuant to Article 13 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Re…

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