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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Exceptional aid to help offset the fall in activity in 2020

Article 919-31

…ember 2020, 20 May 2020 C(2020) 3460 and 25 May 2020 C(2020) 3532, on the basis of scheme no. SA.56985 for business support authorised by the European Commission by decision of 20 April 2020 C(2020) 2…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Local biovigilance system

Article R1211-37

…de la biomédecine of the results of these investigations and any corrective measures put in place; 8° Notifying the Agence de la biomédecine of any difficulties likely to compromise the smooth operat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures specific to the safeguarding, reorganisation or liquidation of credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, electronic money institutions and payment institutions.

Article L613-30-3

…ithin the meaning of this 4°, and for securities, claims, instruments or rights issued on or after 28 December 2020, that their unit nominal value at issue is at least fifty thousand euros. 5° Fifthly…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2651-1

…subject to the powers devolved to this collectivity, in their wording resulting from Order No. 2018-1074 of 26 November 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISIONSAS TH…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2661-1

…s, subject to the powers devolved to this collectivity, in their wording resulting fromOrder No. 2018-1074 of 26 November 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISIONSAS TH…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2671-1

…subject to the powers devolved to this collectivity, in their wording resulting from Order No. 2018-1074 of 26 November 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISIONSAS TH…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2681-1

…subject to the powers devolved to this collectivity, in their wording resulting from Order No. 2018-1074 of 26 November 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISIONSAS TH…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Withdrawal of authorisation and deregistration of investment firms

Article L532-6

…the prudential requirements set out in Part Three, Part Four or Part Six of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, with the exception of the requir…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Market surveillance

Article L4314-1

…rveillance and product conformity, and amending Directive 2004/42/EC and Regulations (EC) No 765/2008 and (EU) No 305/2011, market surveillance is carried out by the administrative authorities designa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Annex I

Article Rubrique 4

…ed by the result of the validation process in accordance with the order referred to in Article R. 2182-3 of the French Public Procurement Code, or failing this by an administrative certificate attesti…

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