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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Advertising.

Article L5422-18

…ing of a medicinal product which has not obtained the authorisation referred to in articles L. 5121-8 and L. 5121-9-1 or the parallel import authorisation pursuant to article L. 5124-13 or one of the…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: Contracts comprising severable services

Article L1311-1

Where a purchaser decides to conclude a single contract intended to satisfy objectively separable needs which, on the one hand, are covered by the ordinary law on contracts set out in Book I of Part T…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R2121-2

Where a purchaser is made up of separate operational units, the total estimated value of the contracts awarded for the needs of the various operational units shall be taken into account. However, wher…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Taking into account the nature of services

Article R2121-6

For supply or service contracts, the estimated value of the need shall be determined, irrespective of the number of economic operators involved and the number of contracts to be awarded, by taking int…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Notifications and information

Article L233-7

…The person required to provide the information referred to in I must also inform the Autorité des marchés financiers, within a period and in accordance with the procedures set out in its general reg…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe 1

…ionals and their families, supplemented by an annexed protocol, signed in Algiers on 27 December 1968, amended by its first amendment signed in Algiers on 28 September 1994, by its second amendment si…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article 706-95-11

…elating to [Provisions declared to be unconstitutional by Constitutional Council Decision No 2019-778 DC of 21 March 2019.] one of the offences falling within the scope of Articles 706-73 and 706-73-1…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Takeover bids and public exchange offers

Article L433-1-1

The General Regulation of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers also sets the conditions under which, if more than three months have elapsed since the filing of a draft public offer for the securities o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L532-22

…cedures to be followed by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and the Autorité des marchés financiers in exercising the powers vested in them by Articles L. 532-19 to L. 532-21-3. Thi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Data communication service providers

Article L549-2

…of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, the Autorité des marchés financiers shall be the competent national authority responsible fo…

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