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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Master and feeder general purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-58

The feeder general-purpose investment fund shall enter into an information exchange agreement with the master AIF or UCITS. However, this agreement may be replaced by internal conduct of business rule…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General organisation.

Article L6141-1

Public health institutions are legal entities under public law with administrative and financial autonomy. They are subject to State control under the conditions set out in this Title. Their main purp…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services within the territory of States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L511-28

Any financial institution having its registered office in France and wishing to set up a branch in another Member State in order to offer free banking services shall notify its project to the Autorité…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The Town Council

Article L2573-5

I. - The provisions of Chapter I of Title II of Book I of Part Two mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia in the wording indicated in the right-hand colum…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IVa: Withholding

Article L614-36

I. - When the detention of goods suspected of infringing a patent, supplementary protection certificate or utility certificate is implemented after an application referred to in Article L. 614-32 has…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prudential control and resolution authority

Article L783-2

I.- Subject to the provisions of II and III, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the sa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prudential control and resolution authority

Article L784-2

I.- Subject to the provisions of II and III, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Publicity of budgets and accounts

Article L2313-1-1

The certified accounts of the bodies mentioned in 4° of article L. 2313-1 are sent to the commune. They are communicated by the municipality to elected municipal representatives who request them, unde…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation

Article L5218-2

I.-A.-The metropolis of Aix-Marseille-Provence exercises the competences provided for in article L. 5217-2, with the exception of: 1° The competence "promotion of tourism, including the creation of to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Collection, control, penalties and litigation relating to tourist tax

Article L2333-34

I. - Lodgers, hoteliers, owners or intermediaries mentioned in Article L. 2333-33 pay, on the dates set by deliberation of the town council, under their responsibility, to the town's assigning public…

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