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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Takeover bids and public exchange offers

Article L433-1

I. - In order to ensure shareholder equality and market transparency, the General Regulation of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) sets the rules for public offers of financial instruments issu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article D950-1-1

…ABLE PROVISIONS IN THE VERSION RESULTING FROMFIRST TITLEFIRST SECTIONSECTION IV HeadcountArticle D. 210-21Decree no. 2020-101 of 7 February 2020TITRE II Chapter I General partnerships Article D. 221-5…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 10: Applicable charges

Article L133-26

…cept in the cases provided for in IV of Article L. 133-8, I of Article L. 133-10 and Article L. 133-21. The charges referred to in the aforementioned articles are then agreed between the payment servi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-22

…ng Agency, to acknowledge the violation, to accept the consequences provided for in Articles L. 232-21 to L. 232-23-6 and to waive the hearing before the Sanction Commission. The agreement mentioned i…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Medically assisted procreation with third-party donors

Article 342-12

…the record, at the latest within three years of the child's birth. Where this article, article 311-21, the second paragraph of article 311-23 or article 357 have already been applied in respect of a…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Establishment of counsel and submissions

Article 761

…within the jurisdiction of the protection litigation judge; 2° In the matters listed by articles R. 211-3-13 to R. 211-3-16, R. 211-3-18 à R. 211-3-21, R. 211-3-23 of the Code of Judicial Organisation…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: European investment service providers

Article L532-18-1

…thorised to provide investment services may, without prejudice to the provisions of Articles L. 511-21 to L. 511-28, establish branches to provide investment and related services in mainland France, G…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Own funds

Article R351-25

…ons are applied for the purposes of this section:1° The surplus funds referred to in Article R. 351-21 are classified in level 1 ;2° Letters of credit and guarantees held in trust by an independent tr…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-16

…ed to each contributor in kind; 10° The specific provisions set out in articles R. 422-20 et R. 422-21.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Provisions relating to the implementation of an internal bail-out measure

Article L613-55-6

…10 of Section C of Annex I to Directive 2004/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 has been excluded from the application of an internal bail-in measure implemented purs…

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