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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter IV: Performance of the concession contract by third parties

Article L3134-3

…mentioned in Chapter I of Title II of Book I of Part Two of the Transport Code covered by Article 5(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: General provisions

Article L412-3

…tuted in the form of a securitisation mutual fund, the draft prospectus required by Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017 is drawn up by the management company. Where the securitisation undertakin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R1245-3

Any entry into or exit from national territory of the products mentioned in Article R. 1245-1, excluding transit, is subject to the affixing on the package of the information defined by order of the M…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1a: Tissue retrieval from living donors

Article R1241-3-3

In the case of living donor retrieval as provided for in Article R. 1241-3-2, the conditions for expressing consent, obtaining a retrieval authorisation and informing the Agence de la biomédecine, as…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Related agents

Article L773-35

…table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 545-1 to L. 545-5 Order no. 2016-827 of 23 June 2016 L. 545-5-1 Act no. 2010-1249 of 22 October 2010 L. 545-6Order no. 2007-544 of 12 April…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Tied agents

Article L774-35

…table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 545-1 to L. 545-5 Order no. 2016-827 of 23 June 2016 L. 545-5-1 Act no. 2010-1249 of 22 October 2010 L. 545-6Order no. 2007-544 of 12 April…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Intercountry adoption, conflicts of law and the effect in France of adoptions granted abroad

Article 370-3

…of the child's legal representative under the conditions defined in the first paragraph of article 348-3.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Specific measures

Article L412-3

…on provided for in Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October, as amended, on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for exchanging and sharing information between professionals

Article D1110-3-3

Consent is obtained by each professional mentioned in Article D. 1110-3-1, by any means, including in electronic form, except where this is impossible or urgent. In this case, consent is collected whe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Simplified exchange of information between departments pursuant to the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 18 December 2006

Article R49-39

…here they refuse to respond to such a request for one of the reasons provided for in articles 695-9-39 to 695-9-42, the departments and units mentioned in Article R. 695-9-31 shall inform the competen…

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