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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Securities lending

Article L211-24

When financial securities are loaned by a company, they are deducted in priority from securities of the same type acquired or subscribed to on the most recent date.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 8: Contract for the enjoyment of immovable property on a timeshare basis

Article L211-24

Natural or legal persons registered in the register referred to in I of article L. 211-18 of this code may enter into any timeshare contract governed by articles L. 224-69 et seq. of the French Consum…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Pledging of securities accounts and securities

Article L211-20

I. - The pledge of a securities account is constituted, both between the parties and in relation to the issuing legal entity and third parties, by a declaration signed by the account holder. This decl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Terms and conditions of issue

Article L211-2

Financial securities, which include transferable securities within the meaning of the second paragraph of article L. 228-1 of the French Commercial Code , may only be issued by the State, a legal enti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Pension

Article L211-27

A repurchase agreement is a transaction whereby a legal entity, a unit trust, a real estate investment trust, a professional real estate investment trust, a specialised financing fund or a securitisat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Adjudication

Article L211-21

Voluntary or forced public auctions of financial securities shall be conducted, if the securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market, by the investment services providers which are members…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Pension

Article L211-28

The repurchase agreement relates to financial securities which are not likely to be the subject, throughout the duration of the transaction, of :1. The detachment of a dividend entitlement, giving ent…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Pension

Article L211-29

The repurchase agreement becomes enforceable against third parties as soon as the financial securities are delivered, the terms of which are set by decree.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 6: Freedom to provide services

Article L211-21

When the service provider provides services in France for the first time, it shall first inform the registration commission referred to inArticle L. 141-2 by means of a written declaration, including…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Scope of the insurance obligation.

Article L211-5-2

Clauses by which the insurer prohibits the insured, in the event of loss or damage covered by an insurance contract taken out underarticle L. 211-1, from assigning to third parties the insurance indem…

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