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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1798 ter

…d down in Articles 28 to 30 of Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/273 of 11 December 2017 and Articles 13 to 20 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/274 of 11 December 2017 supplementing Regul…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-14-3

…ing authorisation referred to in Article L. 5121-8 and, where applicable, its authorisations or compassionate prescription frameworks mentioned in articles L. 5121-12 and L. 5121-12-1, its registratio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Terms of engagement and services of the statutory auditor

Article R823-21

…relating in particular to its own structure, drawn up in accordance with the provisions of Article 13 of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of 16 April 2014, within four months of the end of the financial y…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Change in the situation of economic operators with regard to the grounds for exclusion

Article L2141-12

…course of the procedure for the award of a contract, an economic operator is placed in one of the cases of exclusion mentioned in sections 1 and 2, it shall inform the purchaser of this change in sit…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Resale rights

Article R122-9

I. - In the case of the sale of an original graphic or plastic work at public auction, the art market professional responsible for the payment of droit de suite is, as the case may be, the voluntary s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions common to both procedures

Article R5121-51-4

…gence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé or by another State : 1° In the case provided for in Article R. 5121-51-1, the Director General of the Agency will notify the States…

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

Article L533-9

…l of 25 October 2011 concerning the integrity and transparency of the wholesale energy market, at least once a day, to the central competent authority referred to in the first paragraph of Article L.…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Elements of private project management for infrastructure works

Article R2431-28

The purpose of the assistance provided to the contracting authority for the award of public works contracts is:1° To prepare the consultation of the economic operators responsible for the works, depen…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Public land registry service

Article 881 G

…to the issue of copies and information provided for by articles 2 and 3 of the arrêté du 10 octobre 2008 pris pour l'application des articles 10 du décret n° 55-22 du 4 janvier 1955 et 9 du décret n°…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Consumer credit

Article L351-3

…rdonnance n° 2016-351 du 25 mars 2016 L. 312-5 to L. 312-11 Resulting from Order no. 2016-301 of 14 March 2016 L. 312-12 and L. 312-13 Resulting from Order no. 2017-1433 of 4 October 2017 L. 312-14 to…

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