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Article L4253-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

A region may only grant a loan guarantee or surety to a person governed by private law under the conditions set out in this article. The total amount of annual instalments, already guaranteed or guaranteed to fall due during the financial year, of loans contracted by any person governed by private or public law, plus the amount of the first full annual instalment of the new guaranteed assistance, and the…

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Article L4253-2 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

I. – The provisions of the second, third and fourth paragraphs of Article L. 4253-1 are not applicable to loan guarantees or sureties granted by a region: 1° Pour les opérations de construction, d’acquisition ou d’amélioration de logements réalisées par les organismes d’habitations à loyer modéré ou les sociétés d’économie mixte ; 2° For housing construction, acquisition or improvement operations benefiting from a State subsidy or carried out with the…

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Article L4253-3 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

A region may, alone or with other local authorities, participate in the capital of a credit institution or finance company in the form of a public limited company governed by the provisions of Book II of the Commercial Code and whose sole purpose is to guarantee financial assistance granted to private individuals, and in particular to newly created businesses, where one or more commercial companies, including at least one credit…

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Article L4253-4 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Where, in a société anonyme, a region is a member or chairman of the board of directors, a member of the management board or a member or chairman of the supervisory board, the civil liability arising from the exercise of the mandate of the representatives of the region shall be the responsibility of the region and not of those representatives.

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