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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Relationship between the payment service provider and the payment service user

Article L133-15

I. - The payment service provider issuing a payment instrument must ensure that personalised security data as defined in Article L. 133-4 is not accessible to persons other than the Payment Service Us…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Relationship between the payment service provider and the payment service user

Article L133-17

I. - When the Payment Service User becomes aware of the loss, theft, misappropriation or any unauthorised use of his payment instrument or the data linked to it, he shall inform his payment service pr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Securities giving access to the capital or giving entitlement to the allotment of debt securities

Article L228-93

…pany may issue securities giving access to equity securities to be issued by the company that directly or indirectly owns more than half of its capital or by the company of which it directly or indire…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Securities giving access to the capital or giving entitlement to the allotment of debt securities

Article L228-97

When securities representing a claim on the issuing company are issued, including those giving the right to subscribe for or acquire a security, it may be stipulated that these securities will be rede…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Securities giving access to the capital or giving entitlement to the allotment of debt securities

Article L228-91

Companies limited by shares may issue transferable securities giving access to the capital or entitling the holder to the allotment of debt securities. The issue contract may provide that these securi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Securities giving access to the capital or giving entitlement to the allotment of debt securities

Article L228-95

Decisions taken in breach of the second paragraph of Article L. 228-92 and the third and fourth paragraphs of Article L. 228-93.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Securities giving access to the capital or giving entitlement to the allotment of debt securities

Article L228-92

The issues of securities governed by article L. 228-91, which are equity securities giving access to other equity securities or giving entitlement to the allotment of debt securities, and issues of se…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Securities giving access to the capital or giving entitlement to the allotment of debt securities

Article L228-94

…société par actions may issue securities giving access to existing equity securities or giving entitlement to the allotment of debt securities of another company of which it does not directly or indir…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Supplementary provisions.

Article L3121-65

I.-In the absence of the contractual stipulations provided for in 1° and 2° of II of article L. 3121-64, an individual agreement for a fixed number of days may be validly concluded subject to complian…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Supplementary provisions.

Article L3121-66

In the event that the employee waives the right to days off in application of article L. 3121-59 and in the absence of any specific provisions in the collective agreement mentioned in article L. 3121-…

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