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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation

Article L512-25

The capital of mutual agricultural credit cooperatives that have called on the financial assistance of the central body of agricultural credit may not be reduced without the express authorisation of t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation

Article L512-21

The main purpose of the caisses de crédit agricole mutuel is to facilitate and guarantee transactions relating to agricultural production and agricultural and rural equipment carried out by their memb…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation

Article L512-23

The capital of the caisses de crédit agricole mutuel may not be formed by share subscriptions. It must be formed by member-policyholders by means of shares. These shares are in registered form. They a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions

Article L526-2

In addition to issuing, managing and making available to customers electronic money, electronic money institutions may:1° Provide payment services as defined in II of Article L. 314-1 in compliance wi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition

Article L522-2

I. - In addition to providing the payment services mentioned in II of article L. 314-1, payment institutions may provide related services, such as book-entry foreign exchange services, custody service…

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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 Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Directors

Article L533-25

I.-In an investment firm, the following persons must at all times be of sufficiently good repute and have the knowledge, skills and experience required to perform their duties: 1° Members of the Board…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Directors

Article L533-28

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall specify the conditions of application of this sub-section.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Directors

Article L533-27

Investment firms shall devote the necessary human and financial resources to the training of the persons mentioned in I of Article L. 533-26.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Composition

Article L2314-2

Subject to the provisions applicable in companies with less than three hundred employees, as set out in Article L. 2143-22, each trade union organisation that is representative in the company or estab…

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