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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R3351-1

…decree no. 2019-259 of 29 March 2019 In Title IIIR. 3131-1 Resulting from decree no. 2022-767 of 2 May 2022 R. 3131-2 to R. 3131-5 R. 3133-3 Resulting from decree no. 2019-748 of 18 July 2019R. 3133-…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R3361-1

…decree no. 2019-259 of 29 March 2019 In Title IIIR. 3131-1 Resulting from decree no. 2022-767 of 2 May 2022 R. 3131-2 to R. 3131-5 R. 3133-3 Resulting from decree no. 2019-748 of 18 July 2019R. 3133-…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts

Article L232-6

…hich would be seriously prejudicial to the commercial position of the companies to which it relates may be omitted from the report referred to in I, on a temporary basis, under conditions laid down by…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Distribution of resources

Article 1379

…er-municipal cooperation and of the municipal council of the interested member commune, the commune may transfer all or part of the tax to the public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation or t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5421-8

…hen this failure is also liable to be subject to a financial penalty under 4° bis of article L. 162-17-4 of the Social Security Code, the penalties may be combined up to the limit of the highest amoun…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions relating to the creation process

Article D331-5-1

For works belonging to the genre of audiovisual adaptation of shows, the points in the scale are divided between five groups, under the following conditions: I.-A maximum number of 31 points is alloca…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers and prerogatives

Article L561-24

I.-The department referred to in Article L. 561-23 may oppose the execution of a transaction that has not yet been executed, of which it has become aware as a result of information communicated to it…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Scheme to promote sustainable procurement

Article L2111-3

…g to purchases from socially responsible enterprises approved within the meaning of article L. 3332-17-1 of the Labour Code, on the one hand, or from enterprises employing disadvantaged people or belo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Compensation for the consequences of health risks

Article L1544-7

For the application in New Caledonia and French Polynesia of article L. 1142-17 : I. - The first three paragraphs of the article are replaced by the following provisions: When the damage is compensabl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Provisions specific to the adoption of one or more early intervention measures

Article L613-45-1

…eaning of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008.

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