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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Automatic exclusions specific to defence or security concession contracts

Article L3123-13

…s L. 2339-2 to L. 2339-4, L. 2339-11-1 to L. 2339-11-3 of the French Defence Code or Article L. 317-8 of the French Internal Security Code. The exclusion from the procedure for awarding concession con…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions relating to the invitation to confirm interest

Article R2131-11

…elating to professional, technical, economic and financial capacities; 7° The form of the contract; 8° The award criteria and their weighting or ranking, if this information does not appear in the not…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IX: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L591-2

…cle L. 552-2, the words: "or until their effective transfer to another European State" are deleted; 8° The provisions of Title VII are not applicable; 9° The last paragraph of Article L. 581-3 is not…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Accounting and reporting requirements applicable to investment services providers

Article L533-9

…nd of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and, where applicable, Article 8 of Regulation (EU) No 1227/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3142-129

…period of part-time work; 7° The ceilings or levels mentioned in Articles L. 3142-127 and L. 3142-128; 8° The conditions for maintaining a link between the company and the employee for the duration of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Special regulations concerning certain assets of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-14

Pursuant to the provisions of 3° and 8° of article R. 332-2, units or shares of undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities covered by section 1 and collective investments covere…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Internal model

Article R352-13

…with documentation demonstrating that the model meets the requirements set out in Articles R. 352-18 to R. 352-23. Insurance and reinsurance undertakings may use partial internal models to calculate…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2

Article R421-38

For the application of the provisions of article L. 421-8 of the Insurance Code, the contributions to the guarantee fund are based on the following conditions: 1° The contribution from insurance compa…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Allocation of sums held in the automatic foreign promotion account

Article 721-22

…advertising space, whatever the means of communication used, and manufacture of promotional objects;8° Use of a press attaché and an interpreter;9° Manufacture, duplication and transport of broadcast…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Transparency, restrictive competition practices and other prohibited practices.

Article L443-4

…as well as the agreements mentioned in articles L. 441-3, L. 441-4, L. 441-7, L. 443-2 and L. 443-8 refer to them and explain the conditions under which they are taken into account when determining…

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