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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Rules applicable to financial contracts, temporary acquisitions and sales of financial instruments and guarantees

Article R214-20

A UCITS may not engage in short sales of the financial instruments referred to in Article L. 214-20.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-30-2

The directors elected by the employees or appointed pursuant to Article L. 225-27-1 are entitled, at their request, to training adapted to the exercise of their mandate, at the company's expense, unde…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L533-30-14

Discretionary pension benefits as defined in Article 4(1) 73 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 shall be consistent with the economic strategy…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-20

The practice of the activity defined in Article L. 222-7 is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €30,000 : 1° Without having obtained a sports agent's licence or in disregard of a decis…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-30

I. - By way of derogation from the 10% limit set out in II of article R. 214-32-29, a general purpose investment fund may invest up to 20% of its assets in equities and debt securities of a single iss…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Loading bays and ramps

Article R4214-20

Loading bays have at least one exit. If they are longer than 20 metres, they have an exit at each end.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Transmission of information

Article L561-30-2

I. - When, on the basis of a report made in accordance with Article L. 561-15, the department referred to in Article L. 561-23 refers the matter to the Public Prosecutor, it shall inform the person re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article L224-30-1

An individual retirement savings plan may be registered and subsequently distributed as a pan-European individual retirement savings product if it meets the conditions set out in Regulation (EU) 2019/…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the various enforcement courts

Article D49-20

…d in the wanted persons file in accordance with the provisions of 1° of I of l'article 23 de la loi n° 2003-239 du 18 mars 2003 pour la sécurité intérieure.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Continuation of the business during the observation period.

Article R631-20

Articles R. 622-9 and R. 622-13 to R. 622-20 are applicable to receivership proceedings, subject to the provisions of this sub-section.

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