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

Article R214-64

The entities mentioned in 2° of II of article L. 214-28 in which innovation mutual funds may invest are those which limit the liability of their investors to the amount of their contributions.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Acts relating mainly to the family

Article A444-66

Notarisation (numbers 13 to 15 of table 5) gives rise to the collection of:1° A fixed fee of €56.60, in the case of notarisation after death, recording the devolution of the estate;2° A proportional f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Prohibitions

Article R1333-6

Manufacturers, suppliers and users of consumer goods and construction products benefiting from a derogation granted in application of article R. 1333-4 are subject to the provisions of section 6 of th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Definition and scope of application

Article L711-6

In proceedings initiated pursuant to this book, lessors' claims shall be settled in priority to claims by credit institutions and finance companies and to the loans mentioned in Chapter II of Title I…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII: Challenges

Article 674-2

The competent chamber shall rule within one month of the lodging of the application at the registry, after the challenged magistrate has made his observations.For the remainder, the provisions of Book…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Composition and content of the plan

Article R4251-6

The objectives of protecting and restoring biodiversity are based on the identification of areas forming the green and blue grid defined by II and III of article L. 371-1 of the Environment Code and s…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Marine, river and lake insurance

Article L173-6

Where the insured value of the vessel is an agreed value, the parties shall mutually refrain from making any other estimate, subject to the provisions of Articles L. 172-6 and L. 172-26.

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

Article R214-69

For the purposes of calculating the 15% limit referred to in 1° of II of article L. 214-28, the denominator is the higher of the following two amounts: the fund's net assets or the paid-up amount of s…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Single chapter: Treatment of over-indebtedness

Article L771-6

For the application of article L. 751-2 in French Polynesia and New Caledonia, are not applicable:1° The reference to paragraph 8 of Article L. 511-6 of the Monetary and Financial Code; 2° The last pa…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single title

Article L811-6

For its application in Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and the French Southern and Antarctic Territories, Article L. 717-1 reads as follows: Art. L. 717-1.-I.-Infringement of the prohibitio…

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