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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions specific to patient care provided in another Member State of the European Union

Article R1111-56

…ions: 1° The Member State of the European Union on whose territory the patient holding a shared medical file is located is a signatory to the agreement on cross-border digital health information servi…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Notice of concession

Article R3122-1

…Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1986 of 11 November 2015 establishing standard forms for the publication of notices in the framework of the award of public contracts and repealing Implementing Regul…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1601

…d in article 1 of law no. 48-977 of 16 June 1948 relating to the tax for chamber of trade fees applicable in the departments of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle. It is allocated to these beneficiaries…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General principles

Article L1611-5-1

…eeting the conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat is made available to users by: 1° Local authorities and their public establishments; 2° Public health establishments and, when they are…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers

Article L511-7

…10-2, L. 342-1, L. 342-2, L. 342-3 and L. 342-4 of the same code with regard to the breaches specifically listed in Articles L. 314-14 and L. 342-5 of this code; 8° Article L. 126-33, II of Article L.…

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

Article L533-9

…er than portfolio management companies trade over-the-counter financial instruments that are economically equivalent to commodity derivatives, units referred to in Article L. 229-7 of the Environmenta…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Operating rights

Article L333-1-2

…No. 2010-476 of 12 May 2010 the exclusive right to organise betting, nor discriminate for the same category of bets between licensed online gaming or betting operators or between the latter and the c…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-22

The enforcement measures provided for in Article L. 412-1 : 1° The provisions of Articles 2, 3, 4, 5 and 13 of Regulation (EC) No 2065/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 November…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Setting up a collective shop

Article L125-7

…tified an opposition by means of an entry at the registry within ten days of the latest of the publications provided for in articles L. 141-12 and L. 141-13, he is deemed to have given his agreement t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Budgetary and accounting provisions

Article D4425-18

…le L. 4425-2 describes, in summary form, the situation in terms of sustainable development of the local authority based on the assessments, documents and reports produced by the Corsican local authori…

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