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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: General rules governing general-purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-40

…a period of six financial years, after obtaining the approval of the Autorité des marchés financiers. The appointment of an alternate auditor is not required. Fund unitholders shall exercise the righ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: General rules governing general-purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-31

…f directors or supervisory board of a SICAV are not taken into account for the purposes of Articles L. 225-21, L. 225-77 and L. 225-94-1 of the Commercial Code; 6° The Board of Directors, the Manageme…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Procedure for marketing FIAs in France

Article L214-24-0

For the purposes of this paragraph, marketing means a direct or indirect offer or placement, at the initiative or on behalf of a French portfolio management company, a management company established i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5461-4-2

Failure by the facilities referred to in Article L. 6322-1 to keep the registers referred to in Article L. 5212-2-1 is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of €75,000.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Article L4323-4-2

…opodist is practised illegally:1° Any person who practises chiropody, within the meaning of Article L. 4322-1, without holding a State diploma in chiropody or any other qualification referred to in Ar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-8-2

…s: 1° Public offers of financial securities, with the exception of those mentioned in 1° of Article L. 411-2 or in 2° or 3° of Article L. 411-2-1; 2° The admission of financial instruments to trading…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Control.

Article L1263-4-2

…torate control officer or the equivalent control officer mentioned in the last paragraph of article L. 8112-1 who establishes, where applicable upon receipt of the declaration mentioned in article L.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L8271-5-2

The control officers referred to in 1° of Article L. 8271-1-2 may pass on to the officers of the Caisse des dépôts et consignations any information and documents that may be useful to the latter in ca…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities

Article L123-29

Any natural person or legal entity must, in order to exercise or have exercised by their spouse or agents an itinerant commercial or craft activity outside the territory of the municipality where thei…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-2

Cooperative societies of dispensing pharmacists may not refuse their services in emergencies, to non-associated dispensing pharmacists and to all public or private establishments where patients are tr…

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