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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 776-1

The bulletin no. 2 of the criminal record of legal entities is issued: 1° To prefects, State administrations and local authorities to whom proposals or tenders for the award of public works or contrac…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Cooperation and exchanges of information with the authorities of States that are not members of the European Union or parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L632-7

…natural or legal persons, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and the Autorité des marchés financiers may enter into cooperation agreements with counterpart authorities in a State tha…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-23

…is limit in accordance with the procedures laid down in the general regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers. The unwinding of these contracts may only give rise to the transfer of eligible…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Injunctions to economic operators

Article R4314-11

…easures taken by the economic operator concerned after the notification provided for in Article R. 4314-10, the market surveillance authority may order him to take the following measures within a time…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R5121-102

By way of derogation from the provisions of article R. 5121-99, the registration lapses if it appears that it is not followed by the marketing of the medicinal product on the national territory within…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Authorisation procedures.

Article R5141-39

The marketing authorisation is renewable on application by the holder to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail no later…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Borrowings

Article D6145-72

Public health institutions may only enter into financial contracts when they are linked to a loan. The following financial contracts are authorised: - interest rate options; - interest rate swaps; - f…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 AA quater

…sawing and valorisation of forestry products, acquired or manufactured between 13 November 2013 and 31 December 2016 by primary wood processing companies. For the purposes of the first paragraph, prim…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Administrative schemes

Article L1333-11

…f bulletin no. 2 of the criminal record and automated processing of personal data covered byarticle 31 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms, with t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Rights and obligations attached to plant variety certificates

Article L623-20

…the royalties shall be set by the judicial authority, determined in accordance with Article L. 623-31.

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