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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Suspicious transaction reports

Article L621-17-3

When the AMF forwards certain facts or information to the Financial Public Prosecutor pursuant to Article L. 621-20-1, certain facts or information to the Financial Public Prosecutor, the report or no…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating resources

Article L612-18

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall be financially autonomous, within the limits of the proceeds of the contribution referred to in Article L. 612-20, the balance of which shall…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Basis for the local tax on outdoor advertising

Article L2333-8

The communes, public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status and the Lyon metropolitan area may, by deliberation taken before 1 July of the year preceding that of taxat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement of proceedings.

Article L621-4

In the opening judgment, the court appoints the official receiver whose duties are defined in article L. 621-9. It may, if necessary, appoint more than one. The president of the court, if he has dealt…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Directors

Article L533-26

I. - The persons who effectively manage the business of the firm within the meaning of Article L. 532-2 .4 and the members of the board of directors, the supervisory board, the management board or any…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Participation of residents in local life

Article L2143-1

In municipalities with a population of 80,000 or more, the municipal council determines the perimeter of each of the neighbourhoods making up the municipality. Each neighbourhood has a neighbourhood c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Regulations and decisions

Article L621-7

The General Regulation of the Autorité des marchés financiers determines in particular :I.-The rules of professional practice that apply to issuers when they make offers to the public, with the except…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article L143-0

The rights associated with supplementary occupational pension contracts offered by supplementary occupational pension funds or insurance companies are payable to the beneficiary from the earliest of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5461-3

I.-Placing on the market or putting into service on French territory a medical device or its accessories is punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of 375,000 euros: 1° Without the EU declar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS

Article L214-8-1

A mutual fund is set up at the initiative of a management company, which is responsible for its management and chooses a custodian for the fund's assets. This company draws up the fund rules.The regis…

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