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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Specific supervision of credit institutions

Article R613-37

…ty to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, in accordance with Articles L. 511-27 and L. 511-28, infringes or is likely to infringe a provision in force in the territory of that State which is…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Meetings of staff representatives.

Article L1233-30

…committee on :1° The planned operation and its terms and conditions, in accordance with article L. 2323-31 ; 2° The proposed mass redundancies: the number of job losses, the professional categories c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: General partnerships.

Article R221-3

…t out in Article 26 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the inte…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Procedure with negotiation

Article R2124-3

…new organisational method in the company's practices, workplace organisation or external relations;3° When the contract includes design services;4° When the contract cannot be awarded without prior n…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial responsibility

Article R1611-37

…tat;2° Two members of the Cour des Comptes, appointed by the first chairman of the Cour des Comptes;3° The presidents of the "Régions de France" association, the Assemblée des départements de France,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions specific to the "paediatric critical care" modality

Article D6124-32

…as follows: 1° At least eight beds for the paediatric critical care unit referred to in 1° of R. 6123-34-2. In the event of the creation of a hospitalisation sector or the reconstruction or redevelop…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 12: National competition.

Article R6152-302

…dental surgeon or pharmacist, where applicable by speciality, pursuant to articles L. 4111-2, L. 4131-1-1, L. 4141-3-1, L. 4221-12, L. 4221-14-1, L. 4221-14-2, L. 6213-3, the first sentence of 1° of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Medically assisted procreation with third-party donors

Article 342-9

In the event of medically assisted procreation requiring the intervention of a third-party donor, no filiation link may be established between the donor and the child resulting from the medically assi…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Persons called upon to carry out seizures, rights and obligations of persons seizing and customs detention

Article 323-10

…detention takes place under the conditions set out for detention and police custody in articles L. 311-1 to L. 311-5, L. 411-1 and L. 413-1 to L. 413-15 of the French juvenile criminal justice code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General rules.

Article L1311-3

In the event that several communes make known their desire to join forces, in accordance with the provisions of Title I of Book II of Part V of the General Local Authorities Code, for the implementati…

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