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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4371-6

…s a civil servant or public employee on the date of entry into force of Law no. 86-76 of 17 January 1986 containing various provisions of a social nature ; 2° Persons holding an administrative decisio…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to contracts for social services and other specific services

Article R2131-8

…ed in the Official Journal of the European Union under the conditions laid down in articles R. 2131-19 and R. 2131-20. The purchaser may publish an additional advertisement on a medium other than the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Organisation and administration

Article R6133-27

…ed renewable term, some of its powers from among those mentioned in 2°, 8°, 9°, 10°, 15°, 16°, 17°, 19°, 20° and 21°. In matters other than those mentioned in this article, the General Meeting may del…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Formation with a public offer other than one of those mentioned in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or in Article L. 411-2-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code.

Article L225-8-1

…ioned in Article L. 228-1 or money market instruments, within the meaning of Article 4 of Directive 2004/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on markets in financial in…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2651-4

…contracting authorities or entities in the fields of defence and security, and amending Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC," are deleted; 4° In Article L. 2341-1, the references to articles 1741 to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Terms and conditions of implementation

Article L6211-20

…sion of a biological sample between two medical biology laboratories, as defined in Article L. 6211-19, is carried out under a cooperation contract mentioned in Article L. 6212-6, retransmission of th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: National framework revitalisation agreement

Article D1233-48-3

…ithin the timeframes provided for in the third paragraph of article L. 1233-90-1 or article L. 1237-19-14, the Minister responsible for employment shall issue a collection order for the contribution p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF APPLICATION IN SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON, NEW CALEDONIA, FRENCH POLYNESIA AND THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L781-1

…4 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014, No 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017, No 2019/2033 of 27 November 2019, No 2020/1503 of 7 October 2020, No 2021/23 of 16 December 2020 and No 2…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Special provisions relating to health, safety and working conditions

Article R114-72

…of the centre, who is head of department within the meaning of the aforementioned decree of 28 May 1982, of a prevention assistant and, where applicable, a prevention adviser from among the centre's…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Data communication service providers

Article L549-1

Data communication service providers are defined in point 36a of paragraph 1 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in fina…

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