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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Share subscription or purchase options

Article L212-16

…giving the right to subscribe for or purchase shares may be granted under the terms and conditions set out in Articles L. 225-177 to L. 225-186, L. 22-10-56 and L. 22-10-57 of the French Commercial Co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Bonds issued by foundations

Article L213-21-1-A

…y 1987 on the development of sponsorship. The provisions relating to boards of directors, general meetings, management boards or company managers apply to the persons or bodies responsible for adminis…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: UCITS

Article L214-2-1

I. - Any UCITS governed by French law which intends to market its units or shares and, where applicable, classes of units or shares, in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agree…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS

Article L214-8-7

…itions laid down in the fund regulations.In the same circumstances, when the disposal of certain assets would not be in the interests of the unitholders, the other assets may be transferred to a new f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custodian

Article L214-10

The SICAV or the UCITS management company shall ensure that a single depositary is appointed. In accordance with the conditions laid down in the general regulations of the Autorité des marchés financi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custodian

Article L214-10-5

…nd's cash flows are properly monitored.II. - The custodian entrusted with the safekeeping of the assets of a UCITS:1° Ensures, under the conditions laid down in the general regulations of the Autorité…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Negotiability

Article L211-15

Financial securities are transferred by account-to-account transfer or by entry in a shared electronic recording device as referred to in article L. 211-3.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Transfer of ownership

Article L211-17

…securities are admitted to trading by a central depository or delivered to a financial instrument settlement system referred to in Article L. 330-1, the registration provided for in I shall take plac…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Transfer of ownership

Article L211-18

In the case of delivery of financial securities against payment of cash, failure to deliver or to settle on the date and in accordance with the conditions defined in the General Regulations of the Aut…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Pension

Article L211-33

…al securities received under a repurchase agreement are not recorded on the transferee's balance sheet; the transferee records the amount of its receivable from the transferor as an asset.When the tra…

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