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Showing 541550 of 35069 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 23-6-2021 n° 19-21.784 F-D

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Investigations

Article D15-6

For the application of the provisions of Article 64-1 relating to the audiovisual recording of the questioning of a person held in police custody for a crime, account shall be taken of the nature of t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rules governing the use of currency.

Article D112-6

The minimum amount mentioned in 1° of III of article L. 112-14 is set at 1 euro. The maximum amount mentioned in 2° of the same III is set at 60 euros.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Rules applicable to other payment instruments

Article D133-6

For payment incidents other than the rejection of a cheque, the charges levied by the payer's payment service provider in respect of an incident may not exceed the amount of the rejected payment order…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Negotiable debt securities.

Article D213-6

Negotiable debt securities may be issued in euros or in any other currency. The Banque de France may suspend issues of securities denominated in a given currency for a period it determines.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: UCITS.

Article D214-6

The minimum amount of assets that mutual funds must hold when they are set up is €300,000.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article D214-60

At each half-yearly inventory, the management company of an innovation mutual fund or the custodian of the fund's assets acting on behalf of the management company ensures that the companies whose sec…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article D214-61

The maximum number of employees referred to in Article L. 214-30 is determined in accordance with the provisions of Article 235 ter E of the General Tax Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: French regulated markets.

Article D421-6

The AMF draws up and maintains a list of French regulated markets. It shall communicate this list to the other Member States of the European Union and to the other States party to the Agreement on the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title V: Investor protection

Article D452-6

The approval or refusal decision is notified within six months of the issue of the receipt. Reasons must be given for refusal decisions.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Direct marketing of banking and financial services.

Article D341-6

When a natural person carries out canvassing activities on behalf of a legal entity authorised under the conditions set out in I of article L. 341-4, the legal entity issues the canvassing licence pro…

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