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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2671-6

…rovision is compatible with the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union" are deleted; 3° In 5° of Article L. 2512-5, the words: "or to operations carried out with the European Financial Stabil…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Requirements for experience or work placements in addition to the master's degree referred to in article L. 811-5

Article A811-23

In application of Article 1 of the Order of 4 February 2014 establishing the nomenclature of terms for the national master's degree, the title of the degree mentioned in Article L. 811-5 is as follows…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definition of the list of substances with proven, presumed or suspected endocrine disrupting properties and the categories of products presenting a particular risk of exposure

Article R5232-19

For the purposes of this section, foodstuffs as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 and substances, mixtures and articles as defined in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 1907/2006, with…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6113-9-1

When a health care institution uses an external service provider mentioned in 4° of the I of article R. 6113-5 to implement the activities mentioned in this chapter, this service provider may not reta…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Information for the public

Article L355-6

Insurance and reinsurance undertakings shall put in place appropriate structures and systems to meet the requirements set out in Article L. 355-5. Pursuant to the provisions of Article L. 354-1, they…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Investor guarantees

Article L322-6

…Article L. 322-5. Articles L. 312-5, L. 312-6, L. 312-8, L. 312-8-1, L. 312-9 to L. 312-15, 3°, 4°, 5°, 7° and 9° of Article L. 312-16 and Article L. 312-18 apply to this mechanism. For the applicatio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 696-50

…cified periods; 4° Restrictions on the possibility of leaving the territory of the executing State; 5° An obligation to report at specified times to a specific authority; 6° An obligation to avoid con…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Expenditure taken into account

Article 511-6

…onsulted during restoration;4° Expenditure on the creation of digital files and associated metadata;5° Expenditure on the creation of a digital subtitling file, in particular for the deaf or hard of h…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions adapting Book IV.

Article L954-5

The last paragraph of III of article L. 442-5 is replaced by the following four paragraphs: "The investigating judge or the court hearing the case may order the advertising to cease, either at the req…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Committee of experts

Article A331-53

…d International Affairs at the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée or his representative;5° The Director in charge of Financial and Legal Affairs at the Centre national du cinéma et de l'im…

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