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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Automatic exclusions

Article L3123-4

…failure to comply with the obligations laid down in Articles L. 8221-1, L. 8221-3, L. 8221-5, L. 8231-1, L. 8241-1, L. 8251-1 and L. 8251-2 of the Labour Code or who have been convicted under Article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-100

…General Meeting has not been convened within this period, the Public Prosecutor or any shareholder may apply to the president of the competent court ruling in summary proceedings in order to enjoin,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Clearing houses

Article L440-1

…ed by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution after consultation with the Autorité des marchés financiers and the Banque de France.Where justified by the nature, volume or complexity of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Multi-annual territorial plan for risk management and healthcare system efficiency

Article R1441-15

Articles R. 1434-13 to R. 1434-18, R. 1434-21, R. 1434-22 and R. 1434-24 to R. 1434-27 do not apply to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions relating to the digital procedure

Article D589-3

…ation and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market and repealing Directive 1999/93/ EC. However, the mere fact that this signature does not meet the requirements of an advance…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial instruments

Article L744-1

…520 of 28 April 2016 L. 211-2 Order no. 2017-1432 of 4 October 2017 L. 211-3 Law no. 2023-171 of 9 March 2023 containing various provisions for adapting to European Union law in the fields of the eco…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Transmission of information.

Article R5323-8

Each year, before 31 March of the following year, the private-sector organisation providing job placement services must submit the following information to the Prefect, in accordance with a model laid…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General rules.

Article L326-4

…tracts and the guarantee fund referred to in Article L. 423-1 are, without prejudice to Article L. 113-2 or to contractual obligations, exempt from the declaration provided for in Article L. 622-24 of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Conditions for authorisation

Article R1261-28

…ications for renewal must be accompanied by the supporting documents referred to in article R. 1261-24 and the activity report referred to in article R. 1261-16. It is made under the same terms and co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: European UCITS management companies

Article L532-20-2

…authorised in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 shall provide the following documents to the Autorité des marchés financiers:1° The wri…

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