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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Capital gains realised by individuals

Article 248 F

…able in the context of the transactions provided for in 1° of Article 5 of Law no. 86-793 of 2 July 1986 and Title IV of the loi n° 86-1067 du 30 septembre 1986 relative à la liberté de communication…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Safety requirements for football, handball, field and indoor hockey goal cages and basketball goals

Article R322-26

…of this Code; 4° For those responsible for first placing the equipment mentioned in article R. 322-19 on the market, failing to present the file mentioned in article R. 322-22 of this Code to the off…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Economic redundancies in the context of safeguarding, reorganisation or compulsory liquidation.

Article L1233-60

…ncies for economic reasons, in accordance with the conditions set out in Articles L. 631-17, L. 631-19 (II), L. 641-4, last paragraph, L. 641-10, third paragraph, and L. 642-5 of the French Commercial…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Civil liability insurance relating to a space operation

Article L176-1

…overned by the provisions of Articles L. 175-4, L. 175-8, L. 175-11 to L. 175-15, L. 175-18, L. 175-19, L. 175-21, L. 175-22, L. 175-28 and L. 175-29 as well as by the provisions of this chapter.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions specific to the intervention of a third party authorised to receive payment requests

Article R2192-21

…he penalties incurred as a result of failure to comply with the time limit mentioned in article R. 2192-19 or the obligation provided for in article R. 2192-20, as well as the method of calculation. I…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation, registration and commencement of business of the company.

Article R743-34

…mercial court without it being necessary to resort to the procedure provided for in Articles R. 742-19 to R. 742-23.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors.

Article R1413-13

…ficer, with the exception of the matters referred to in 1°, 2°, 3°, 5°, 7°, 8°, 15°, 16°, 17°, 18°, 19° and 20° of article R. 1413-12, within the limits that it shall determine and in accordance with…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article R2651-3

…L. 1311-4 of the Public Health Code, Articles L. 184-1, L. 511-11, L. 511-15, L. 511-16 and L. 511-19 to L. 511-21 of the Code de la construction et de l'habitation and to 1° and 2° of article L. 201…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article R2671-3

…L. 1311-4 of the Public Health Code, Articles L. 184-1, L. 511-11, L. 511-15, L. 511-16 and L. 511-19 to L. 511-21 of the Code de la construction et de l'habitation and to 1° and 2° of article L. 201…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article R2661-3

…L. 1311-4 of the Public Health Code, Articles L. 184-1, L. 511-11, L. 511-15, L. 511-16 and L. 511-19 to L. 511-21 of the Code de la construction et de l'habitation and to 1° and 2° of article L. 201…

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