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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Takeover bids

Article L233-38

…to shares in the company and the effects of any clause in an agreement entered into after 21 April 2004 providing for restrictions on the exercise of voting rights attached to shares in the company s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Suspicious transaction reports

Article L621-17-5

…2003/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Directives 2003/124/EC, 2003/125/EC and 2004/72/EC, to bring to the attention of any person, and in particular to the attention of persons o…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Products whose sale in bulk is prohibited

Article D120-7

…accordance with the provisions of Chapter III of Section IX of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rul…

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

Article D6162-5

The minimum number of meetings, which may not be less than four per year, and, subject to the following provisions, the procedures for convening meetings and the rules governing the operation of the B…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Joint regional committees

Article R6156-79-1

By way of derogation from the provisions of I of Article R. 6156-79, in French Guyana and Mayotte, the joint regional commission placed under the authority of the Director General of the regional heal…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Nationals of a Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area wishing to practise within the framework of the provision of services

Article R222-28

…sional basis, must submit a declaration in accordance with the conditions set out in article R. 222-29.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article D351-10

…ble: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THEIR WORDS D. 314-15 to D. 314-17 Resulting from décret n° 2016-884 du 29 juin 2016

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Referee (R)

Article R1425-19

Within three months of 29 December 1996, the president of the regional audit chamber shall draw up a list of arbitrators for each department, which shall include the name, profession and address of th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Operating revenue

Article L3332-1

…2020 and mentioned respectively in I of Article 59 of Finance Act 2003-1311 of 30 December 2003 for 2004 and in Article 51 of Finance Act 2008-1425 of 27 December 2008 for 2009;the departmental share…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L4211-9-2

…on advanced therapy medicinal products and amending Directive 2001/83/EC and Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 may be carried out by health establishments which hold the authorisation referred to in Article…

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