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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Investment services and related services

Article L321-2

…nt services include: 1. Custody account-keeping of financial instruments on behalf of third parties and ancillary services such as the keeping of cash accounts corresponding to those financial instrum…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Investment services and related services

Article L321-4

Articles L. 312-19, L. 312-20 and L. 312-21-1 are applicable to accounts opened in the books of persons providing investment or related services as provided for in Articles L. 321-1 and L. 321-2.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article L623-3

The administrator shall receive from the official receiver all information and documents useful for the performance of his mission and that of the experts.When proceedings are opened in respect of a c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article L623-1

The administrator, with the help of the debtor and the possible assistance of one or more experts, is responsible for drawing up an economic and social balance sheet of the business in a report.The ec…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article L623-2

The official receiver may, notwithstanding any legislative or regulatory provision to the contrary, obtain from the statutory auditors, chartered accountants, notaries, members and representatives of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article R623-1

The administrator shall file with the registry and communicate to the authorities and persons mentioned in Article L. 626-8, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, the balance sheet dra…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article R623-2

…issaire, if the latter deems such intervention necessary. This assessment covers the identification and description of the site or sites where the classified facility or facilities are operated and th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article A623-1

The environmental report provided for in article L. 623-1 is drawn up in accordance with the headings set out in Annex 6-1 to the present book.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Automated external defibrillators

Article L5233-1

A national database on the location and accessibility of automated external defibrillators throughout France is created using information supplied by the operators of these devices to a body designate…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Equity securities

Article L213-32

…L. 422-2 of the said code, mutual or cooperative banks and State-owned industrial and commercial public establishments may issue redeemable shares under th…

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