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Showing 25712580 of 68137 articles for Art. L 221-31 and L 221-31 II

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: European organised trading systems

Article L425-9

…on or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area that operates without requiring the actual presence of natural persons may offer, in mainland France, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: European organised trading systems

Article L425-10

…te of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area as it has over regulated markets under II of Article L. 422-1.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Rules applicable to financial contracts, temporary acquisitions and sales of financial instruments and guarantees

Article L214-21

Under the conditions and within the limits laid down by decree of the Conseil d'Etat, a UCITS may make temporary purchases and sales of financial instruments and borrow cash.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: List of penalties

Article L612-39

Subject to the provisions of Article L. 612-40, if any of the persons referred to in I of Article L. 612-2, with the exception of those referred to in 4a, 5° and 11° of A and 4° of B, has breached a E…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: List of penalties

Article L612-42

I. - Financial penalties imposed pursuant to this section may be subject to a surcharge of up to 10% of their amount, payable by the person sanctioned and intended to finance victim support. Article L…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: List of penalties

Article L612-40

I.-A.-The provisions of C apply if a credit institution or finance company is in one of the following situations: 1° It has breached a provision of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliame…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: List of penalties

Article L612-41

If a person referred to in 4° of B of I or II of Article L. 612-2 has breached a European, legislative or regulatory provision that the authority is responsible for ensuring compliance with, or an app…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 9: Cooperation

Article L612-46

The guarantee funds referred to in Articles L. 312-4, L. 313-50 and L. 322-2 of this Code, L. 421-1 and L. 423-1 of the French Insurance Code, L. 431-1 of the French Mutual Code and L. 931-35 of the F…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions for publication and dissemination of job offers.

Article L5332-1

All job offers published or broadcast are dated.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions for publication and dissemination of job offers.

Article L5332-2

Any employer who places an anonymous job advertisement in a newspaper, magazine or periodical or disseminates it by any other means of communication accessible to the public shall inform the director…

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