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Showing 88218830 of 18068 articles for Art. CJEU – Euronics Belgium – 8 March 2013 – C-343/12

French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Payment by purchasing card for contracts of legal entities governed by public law with a public accountant

Article R2192-37

Legal entities governed by public law with a public accountant may use the acquisition card as a means of executing contracts under the conditions set out in decree no. 2004-1144 of 26 October 2004 on…

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French Customs CodeIn force
A. - First class.

Article 410

…ply with the obligation to notify messages on the status of containers, as provided for in Article 18a of Council Regulation (EC) No 515/97 of 13 March 1997 on mutual assistance between the administra…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article R917-16

…lture, Commerce, Industry, Trades and Crafts of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon provides the Prefect by 31 March at the latest with the list of natural persons and company directors of legal entities registe…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Cost control of contracts awarded by the State and its public establishments

Article R2396-5

Undertakings linked to the contractor and subcontractors involved in the performance of the contract are subject to the obligations set out in this section if, unless otherwise stipulated in the contr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1464 F

…certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty. The exemption ceases to apply from 1 January of the year following the year in whic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Protocol for therapeutic use and patient monitoring

Article R5121-74-5

I.-The granting of a compassionate access authorisation is subject to the establishment by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé of a therapeutic use and patient moni…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2° bis: Tax credit for expenditure on audiovisual and cinematographic creation, royalties paid to collective management organisations and remuneration paid directly to authors

Article 220 sexies A

…ovisual media services within the meaning of the fourth to sixth paragraphs of Article 2 of Law no. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 relating to the freedom of communication and subject to corporation tax…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Organisational requirements

Article L420-3

…to the smooth functioning of trading.The operator of a trading venue shall notify the Autorité des marchés financiers of the trading suspension parameters, as well as any material changes to those pa…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Public contracts concluded in application of international rules

Article L2512-2

The same rules apply to public contracts concluded:1° in accordance with the procedure specific to an international organisation when the public contract is entirely financed by this international org…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Cost control of contracts awarded by the State and its public establishments

Article R2196-9

The obligations laid down in this section apply to companies linked to the contractor as well as to subcontractors and suppliers involved in the performance of the contract, where the latter individua…

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