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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Operating conditions

Article L425-4

I.-The operator of an organised trading system shall take all measures necessary to comply with the prohibition set out in Article L. 420-2 for the execution of members' orders on the system, whether…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Public buy-out offers and squeeze-out

Article L433-4

…neral Regulation of the Autorité des marchés financiers sets the conditions applicable to the offer and squeeze-out procedures in the following cases:1° When the majority shareholder(s) of a company w…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Investor protection associations

Article L452-4

An association taking legal action under articles L. 452-2 and L. 452-3 may bring a civil action before the examining magistrate or the court in the place where the defendant has its registered office…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41

I. - Credit institutions and finance companies are required to comply with management standards designed to guarantee their liquidity and solvency vis-à-vis depositors and, more generally, third parti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article L512-43

…central body of agricultural credit, the remaining assets are, after payment of the company's debts and reimbursement of the capital actually paid in, placed on deposit, without interest, with the cen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation

Article L512-49

…to the members appointed by the General Meeting under the conditions defined in articles L. 225-17 and L. 225-18 of the French Commercial Code, a representative of the professional agricultural organ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-45

…ordance with the conditions laid down by order of the Minister for the Economy, credit institutions and finance companies shall publish in the notes to their annual financial statements information on…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-42

Where it appears that the situation of a credit institution or finance company so warrants, the Governor of the Banque de France, Chairman of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, shal…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation

Article L512-47

…agricole is a public limited company (société anonyme), responsible for facilitating, coordinating and controlling the performance of the operations provided for in this Code, governed by the provisi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-47

…eir solvency with regard to depositors, their absence of conflicts of interest with their customers and their ability to provide financing for the economy, credit institutions receiving repayable fund…

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