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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: AIF marketing and pre-marketing procedures.

Article D214-32-3

…2 is subject to : 1° The existence of appropriate cooperation arrangements between the Autorité des marchés financiers and the supervisory authorities of the third country where the AIF is established…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article R225-73

…tion of the procedures for exercising the options defined in the second paragraph of Article L. 225-105 and in the third paragraph of Article L. 225-108, in particular the postal address and, where ap…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Specific rules concerning third-country companies

Article L532-48

…isms are in place between the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and the Autorité des marchés financiers, on the one hand, and the competent authorities empowered, under the law of the h…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Procurement rules common to sub-contracts

Article R2393-14

In order to select the subcontractors, the holder must indicate in the notice or, in the absence of such a notice, in another consultation document: 1° The obligation of the subcontractor to provide a…

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

Article R2431-26

The purpose of the preliminary design studies is :1° To confirm the feasibility of the chosen solution, taking into account additional studies and reconnaissance, and to determine its main characteris…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Provision to the establishments mentioned in article L. 3221-4 of the assets allocated to the public service for combating mental illnesses

Article R3221-12

The movable and immovable property allocated to the public mental health services and necessary for their activities are, where they belong to the State or the départements, made available free of cha…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Companies or organisations exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150

Article R5121-165

The company or organisation exploiting a medicinal product or a product referred to in Article R. 5121-150 may not communicate information relating to pharmacovigilance to the general public about thi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
ANNEX 1-4 (ANNEX TO ARTICLE A. 131-1)

Article Annexe 1-4

…oyees include at least one person who meets the conditions set out in 1°, 2°, 4° (as from 1 January 2015) and 5° of Article L. 131-13 of the Commercial Code; 5° That it has its registered office, a br…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: General partnerships.

Article L221-7

…s article and of the decree adopted for its application is deemed unwritten.The I of Article L. 225-100-1, article L. 225-102-1 and, for companies covered by chapter X of this title, articles L. 22-10…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Mission to encourage the development of legal supply and to monitor the lawful and unlawful use of works and objects protected by copyright or neighbouring rights on electronic communications networks

Article L331-17

…y copyright or by a related right or by audiovisual exploitation rights mentioned in article L. 333-10 of the French Sports Code on electronic communications networks, the Autorité de Régulation de la…

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