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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial reporting requirements

Article L451-1-5

…monitoring compliance with the disclosure requirements laid down in Article L. 451-1-2 of this Code and Articles L. 233-7 to L. 233-9 of the Commercial Code, and where it establishes that the issuer o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial reporting requirements

Article L451-1-4

…apply to the following issuers: 1° The States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and their local authorities; 2° The European Central Bank and the central banks of the States mentio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial reporting requirements

Article L451-1-2

…ch issuers whose equity securities or debt securities with a nominal value of less than 1,000 euros and which are not money market instruments, within the meaning of Directive 2004/39/EC of the Europe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial reporting requirements

Article L451-1-6

The Legal and Administrative Information Directorate is responsible for the centralised storage of regulated information, as provided for in Article 21 of Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliam…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial reporting requirements

Article L451-1-3

…is located outside France, which are not subject to the obligations defined in Article L. 451-1-2, and whose securities referred to in I and II of that Article are admitted to trading only on a Frenc…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Rules applicable to relations between the holder and its suppliers

Article L2232-7

Notwithstanding the provisions of articles L. 441-10 to L. 441-13 of the French Commercial Code, the services referred to in article L. 2213-14 are paid for by the holder of the partnership contract,…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Rules applicable to relations between the holder and its suppliers

Article L2232-6

At the request of any service provider called upon to perform the contract, the contractor shall provide a bond with a financial institution in order to guarantee payment of the sums due to the servic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Procedural rules applicable to crimes against humanity and war crimes

Article 627

…onal Criminal Court signed on 18 July 1998, France shall participate in the prosecution of offences and cooperate with that Court under the conditions laid down in this Title. The following provisions…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title II: Information to be provided by distributors and rules of conduct

Article R521-4

…om a distributor acting in this capacity must indicate its name or corporate name, business address and, where applicable, its intermediary registration number. If such correspondence or advertising c…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title II: Information to be provided by distributors and rules of conduct

Article R521-1

…ant to I of Article L. 521-2, the distributor shall provide the subscriber with the contact details and address of its complaints department, where one exists, and shall inform the subscriber of the p…

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