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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Commitments of the private project manager

Article R2432-2

The public works contract specifies the procedures for determining the estimated cost of the works, together with a tolerance threshold, to which the project manager is committed, and the consequences…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of directors and shareholders of market undertakings.

Article D421-7

The declarations of threshold crossing provided for in the second paragraph of I of Article L. 421-9 shall indicate separately the number of shares and the number of voting rights held in the market u…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Economic concentration.

Article R430-5

Where a concentration is effected by the purchase or exchange of securities on a regulated market, its effective completion, within the meaning of Article L. The absence of a decision by the Autorité…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter X: Digital asset service providers

Article R54-10-8

The period after which the AMF's silence on an application for authorisation made pursuant to Article L. 54-10-5 shall be deemed to constitute a decision of acceptance is six months from the date of r…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Prohibitions

Article R4313-17

It is forbidden to display, offer for sale, sell, import, hire out, make available or transfer in any way whatsoever work equipment or personal protective equipment for which the formalities prior to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Post-authorisation studies

Article R5141-50

The marketing authorisation holder responsible for the study referred to in Article R. 5141-30 shall make the study protocol and report available to the Director General of the Agence nationale de séc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Tattooing products.

Article R5437-4

…oduct whose container or packaging does not bear one of the indications provided for in article R. 513-10-5 is punishable by the fine laid down for third class offences.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Obligations.

Article R228-71

…2/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2022 on a pilot scheme for market infrastructures based on distributed ledger technology and amending Regulations (EU) No 600/2014 and (EU…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-35

…rpose investment fund in the capital of a company incorporated in a third country which invests its assets mainly in the securities of issuers having their registered office in that country where, und…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Obligations of the management company, the entity responsible for centralisation and the statutory auditor

Article L214-24-45

…itle III of Book II of the French Commercial Code, the conditions of liquidation and the methods of asset distribution are determined by the fund rules or the articles of association of the general pu…

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