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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Reporting professional misconduct to the competent supervisory authorities and protection of whistleblowers

Article L634-3

III of Article 8 and Articles 10-1 and 12 to 13-1 of Law 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 on transparency, the fight against corruption and the modernisation of economic life are applicable to any natural…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Accreditation and quality control

Article L6221-2

…oratory is granted, at its request, by the national accreditation body provided for in I of Article 137 of Law No. 2008-776 of 4 August 2008 on the modernisation of the economy, when it meets the crit…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L1613-1

…amount, equal to €41,307,701,000, is reduced by €42,844,000 pursuant to II of Article 6 of Law no. 2008-1443 of 30 December 2008 on amending finances for 2008 and 1.2.4.2 and II du 6 de l'article 77…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Obligation to provide information on share buy-backs

Article L451-3

…ts own equity securities shall declare the transactions it intends to carry out to the Autorité des marchés financiers.This obligation is deemed to have been fulfilled when the company has informed th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Exchange and dissemination of information

Article L512-21

…icers all information and documents in their possession which may prove useful in the fight against counterfeiting, with the exception of that which they have collected or exchanged pursuant to Counci…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Principles.

Article L4311-6

…tion, the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on personal protective equipment and repealing Council Directive 89/686/EEC and the provi…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Prices affected by fluctuations in world prices

Article R2112-14

…rectly affected by fluctuations in world prices, shall include a price review clause including at least one reference to the official indices used to set these prices, in accordance with the provision…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Groups of economic operators

Article R2142-26

Without prejudice to the provisions of article L. 2141-13, the composition of the consortium may not be changed between the date on which applications are submitted and the date on which the contract…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VI: Disputes relating to the award of private law public procurement contracts

Article 1441-3-1

I-In order to be able to rely on the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 13 of the above-mentioned Order of 7 May 2009, the contracting authority/entity shall publish in the Official Journal…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operating rules

Article L214-16

…S approved in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 is absorbed by a French UCITS covered by this section, the merger is not subject to app…

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