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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Undeclared imports and exports.

Article 427

…ch of the prohibitions or authorisations referred to in Article 6 of Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 of 5 May 2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfers, brokering an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Equity securities

Article L743-2

…nd column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 212-1 A Order no. 2009-15 of 8 January 2009 L. 212-1 Ordinance no. 2004-604 of 24 June 2004 L. 212-2 Act 2012-387 of 2…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Equity securities

Article L742-2

…column of the same table: Applicable articles In their wording resulting from L. 212-1 A Order no. 2009-15 of 8 January 2009 L. 212-1 Ordinance no. 2004-604 of 24 June 2004 L. 212-2 Act 2012-387 of 2…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 321-20

…321-19 correspond to operations or services carried out in France by companies…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Revitalisation by companies subject to the obligation to offer redeployment leave

Article D1233-38

…proceeds with a mass redundancy or a collective agreement termination mentioned in article L. 1237-19, the prefect(s) in the department(s) of the employment area(s) concerned shall inform it, within…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to Book III

Article L2623-1

…he European Union" are deleted; 2° In Article L. 2313-3, the words: "or the objectives of Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of proc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Fonds commun de placement à risques.

Article R214-46-1

…V of Title I of Book II, or UCITS governed by foreign law and approved in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009; b) Be invested in and expo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R214-93

…V of Title I of Book II, or UCITS governed by foreign law and approved in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 ;b) Be invested in and expo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Adjournment for the purposes of investigations into personality or material, family and social circumstances

Article D548

…cial supervision order made pursuant to article 397-3-1 of this code, the provisions of articles R. 19 et seq. of this code shall apply. The copy of the decision sent pursuant to Article R. 19 is that…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: International applications

Article L614-17

This section relates to the application of the Patent Cooperation Treaty, done at Washington on 19 June 1970, hereinafter referred to as the "Washington Treaty".

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