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Showing 52315240 of 40503 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 24 March 1999 · Cass. com. 13 February 2007 · Cass. com. 31 May 2011

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition

Article R6156-58

…rejudice to the provisions of the last paragraph of I of article 9 bis of the aforementioned law of 13 July 1983, any disputes regarding the validity of the electoral operations shall be referred, wit…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter V: Compensation in the event of cancellation or termination of the partnership contract

Article L2235-2

The expenses referred to in Article L. 2235-1 include, where applicable, the costs associated with the financing put in place as part of the performance of the contract, including, where applicable, t…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Notice of modification

Article R2194-10

…ublished in the Official Journal of the European Union under the conditions set out in articles R. 2131-19 and R. 2131-20, in accordance with the model set out in the European Commission regulation es…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 8: Notification of the opinions of the advisory committees for the amicable settlement of disputes

Article D2197-21

…tifies its opinion within six months of the date on which the matter is referred to it. This period may be extended by periods of one month, up to a maximum of three months, where this is justified by…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Cooperation and exchanges of information for the purposes of supplementary surveillance

Article L633-6

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and, where applicable, the Autorité des marchés financiers shall cooperate with the competent authorities responsible for the supervision of regula…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: EC verification.

Article R5211-43

…devices and send it the batch release certificate for the substance referred to in article R. 5212-24 used in this device, drawn up by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits d…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: UCITS

Article L214-2-1

…conomic Area, shall first submit to the competent authority of the host State, via the Autorité des marchés financiers, in accordance with the conditions laid down by decree, a notification file speci…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Reserving contracts for economic operators employing disabled and disadvantaged workers

Article L2113-12

Contracts or lots of a contract may be reserved for adapted companies mentioned in article L. 5213-13 of the French Labour Code, establishments and services providing assistance through work mentioned…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to requests for information issued by the French services

Article R49-36

…ccessible in an automated data processing system, the services and units mentioned in Article 685-9-31 may ask the competent service of the requested State to forward the information to them, in urgen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Maintenance and quality control obligations

Article R5212-33

…e quality control has led to the reporting of a risk of incident as provided for in Article R. 5212-31, the operator shall notify the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament…

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