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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R2681-1

…from decree no. 2021-631 of 21 May 2021R. 2143-10 to R. 2143-14R. 2143-16 to R. 2144-9In Title VR. 2151-1 to R. 2152-4R. 2152-6 to R. 2153-5In Title VIR. 2161-1 to R. 2162-3R. 2162-4Resulting from dec…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Civil servants and public service employees

Article 28-1

…th Code and their implementing texts; 7° The offences provided for in Articles 56 and 57 of Law no. 2010-476 of 12 May 2010 relating to the opening up to competition and the regulation of the online g…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Resources of the deposit guarantee and resolution fund

Article L312-8-2

…uthority with a view to reaching a settlement on the basis of Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010. The absence of an agreement…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Status and missions

Article L111-3

…the General Tax Code, as well as the approval provided for in article 238 bis HF of the same code; 15° It authorises or commissions the agents of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée me…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article L228-1

…rsuant to Article 25(4)(a) of Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending Directive 2002/92/EC and Directive 2011…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L430-2

…x of all the undertakings or groups of natural or legal persons party to the concentration exceeds €150 million;the total turnover excluding tax achieved in France by at least two of the undertakings…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XII: General provisions

Article D591

…f which shall be kept:1° Requests for copies of documents in a case file provided for by article R. 155 ;1° bis. Requests and observations sent to the public prosecutor pursuant to Article 77-2, as we…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Preferential rights and guarantees for wage claims.

Article L143-11-7

…laims as follows: 1. For the claims mentioned in articles L. 143-10, L. 143-11, L. 742-6 and L. 751-15, within ten days of the judgment opening the proceedings; 2. For other claims that are also due o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Professional capital gains

Article 93 quater

…al gains tax on the sale, redemption, cancellation or free transfer of the corporate rights.Article 151 septies does not apply where the option provided for in the first paragraph is exercised.The pro…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter one: Setting the rates used to calculate direct local taxation

Article 1640

…built-up properties, business property tax and business value added tax pursuant to III of Article 1586 nonies.II. - In the absence of deliberations taken under the conditions provided for in I of th…

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