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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Master and feeder general purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-59

I. - When the feeder general-purpose investment fund and the master AIF or UCITS do not have the same depositary, their depositaries shall enter into an information exchange agreement in order to ensu…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General rules

Article L2112-3

The performance conditions relating to the works, supplies or services which are the subject of the contract, in any respect whatsoever and at any stage of their life cycle, are deemed to be linked to…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Automatic exclusions

Article L2141-3

…or subject to an equivalent procedure governed by foreign law;2° Who, on the date on which the purchaser decides whether their application is admissible, are subject to a personal bankruptcy order or…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: Private project management

Article L2431-3

For building works, a basic assignment is given to the holder of the public works contract, which includes all the elements of the assignment defined by regulation and enables :1° the project manager…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Rules applicable to contracting authorities

Article R2161-15

…period laid down in Article R. 2161-14 may be reduced: 1° To ten days if the contracting authority has published a prior information notice that has not been used as a call for tenders and where this…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Restricted invitation to tender

Article R2161-8

…period laid down in Article R. 2161-7 may be reduced: 1° To ten days if the contracting authority has published a prior information notice which has not been used as a call for tenders and where this…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Applicable procedures

Article R2172-2

For purchasers subject to Book IV, project management contracts that meet a need for an amount equal to or greater than the formal procedure thresholds are negotiated, pursuant to article R. 2122-6, w…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 4: Prevention of risks arising from the use of personal protective equipment for sports or leisure activities

Article R322-35

EC type-examination is the procedure whereby a body authorised by the Minister for Industry ascertains and certifies that the PPE-SL model concerned meets the essential health and safety requirements…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition of the advisory committees for the amicable settlement of disputes

Article R2197-7

…nistrative courts or financial courts;2° Two representatives of the State, serving or retired, at least one of whom works or has worked in the ministerial department concerned by the matter submitted…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Decisions and appeals.

Article L464-6-2

…indirectly, in isolation or in combination with other factors which the parties can influence, have as their object the fixing of selling prices, the limitation of production or sales, the allocation…

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