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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to all national interest markets.

Article R761-14

Users of the marché d'intérêt national or its ancillary establishments are: 1° Professional sellers and brokers; 2° Producers, their groups and organisations, who may only sell their own production; 3…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Provisions applicable to investment services providers relating to the design and distribution of financial instruments

Article L533-24-1

Investment services providers offering, recommending or marketing financial instruments: 1° Ensure that they understand the characteristics of these financial instruments and assess their compatibilit…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-3

The determination of the relevant risk-free yield curve referred to in Article R. 351-2 uses information derived from relevant financial instruments and remains consistent with this information. This…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-41-1

When a medicinal product has obtained an initial marketing authorisation in accordance with Article L. 5121-8, any variation or extension, as provided for in Chapter I of Commission Regulation (EC) No…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Authorisation procedures.

Article R5141-35

Where a medicinal product has obtained an initial marketing authorisation in accordance with Article L. 5141-5, any variation or extension, as provided for in Chapter I of Commission Regulation (EC) N…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter IV: Public contracts concluded by a contracting entity

Article L2514-5

The same rules apply to public contracts concluded by a contracting entity in a Member State of the European Union or in a specific geographical area of a Member State where the European Commission ha…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Transmission and receipt of invoices in electronic form

Article L2392-2

The State and its public establishments accept invoices sent in electronic form by the holders of defence or security contracts mentioned in Article L. 2392-1 and their subcontractors eligible for dir…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Definition

Article R2172-1

…oject management contracts is to carry out one or more elements of the task defined in article L. 2431-1, with a view to the completion of a work or an urban or landscape project. These contracts are…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Provisions applicable to certain contracts concluded for properties located in priority development areas

Article 239 sexies D

…least fifteen years. These provisions apply to transactions entered into between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 2015 for the leasing, under a leasing contract, of buildings located in regional aid are…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Individual authorisation.

Article L7124-1

…the Council of 19 October 2022 on a single market for digital services and amending Directive 2000/31/EC (Regulation on digital services).If the authorisation referred to in 5° of this article is obt…

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