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Showing 2130 of 68627 articles for Art. s. L 451-1 and L 142-1

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial reporting requirements

Article L451-1-5

Where the Autorité des marchés financiers is not the competent authority for monitoring compliance with the disclosure requirements laid down in Article L. 451-1-2 of this Code and Articles L. 233-7 t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial reporting requirements

Article L451-1-4

The obligations set out in Article L. 451-1-2 do not apply to the following issuers: 1° The States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and their local authorities; 2° The European Cen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial reporting requirements

Article L451-1-2

I. - French issuers whose equity securities or debt securities with a nominal value of less than 1,000 euros and which are not money market instruments, within the meaning of Directive 2004/39/EC of t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial reporting requirements

Article L451-1-6

The Legal and Administrative Information Directorate is responsible for the centralised storage of regulated information, as provided for in Article 21 of Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliam…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial reporting requirements

Article L451-1-3

The Autorité des marchés financiers shall ensure that issuers whose registered office is located outside France, which are not subject to the obligations defined in Article L. 451-1-2, and whose secur…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Disclosure requirements for equity investments

Article L451-2-1

The information referred to in I of Article L. 233-7 of the Commercial Code is also provided when the issuer's registered office is outside the European Economic Area and falls within the cases referr…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title V: Information organisation

Article L451-1-2

The information body referred to in article L. 451-1 provides the State, in accordance with the procedures laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, with information relating to all land motor vehicl…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Other product-related offences

Article L451-11

Violation of the prohibitions set out in article L. 413-6 is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Other product-related offences

Article L451-12

Violation of the prohibitions set out in article L. 413-7 is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 150,000 euros.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Other product-related offences

Article L451-13

Violation of the prohibitions set out in article L. 413-8 is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros.

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