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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Investments

Article R385-6

…ce sheet value of all securities issued, receivables other than those referred to in article R. 385-11, loans and securities not traded on a regulated market within the meaning of 11° of article L. 31…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Powers of the President of the Territorial Council

Article LO6352-12

…known. The provisions of this article do not apply to the contracts referred to in article LO 6352-11 than when the President of the Territorial Council has not received the delegation provided for i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: National cosmetovigilance system

Article R5131-14

…ities referred to in Article L. 5131-3 may use the information referred to in Articles R. 5131-9 to 11 for the purposes of market surveillance, market analysis, evaluation and consumer information und…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and scope of application

Article L224-26

…small enterprises means the enterprises defined in the Annex to European Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003; > End-user means a user of the services provided by a telecommunications…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Automatic exclusions

Article L2341-3

…o 222-59 and 413-10 to 413-12 of the French Criminal Code, Articles L. 2339-2 to L. 2339-4, L. 2339-11-1 to L. 2339-11-3 of the French Defence Code and Article L. 317-8 of the French Internal Security…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: State property transferred to the assets of the Corsican regional authority

Article R4422-36

…uments and archaeological sites, belonging to the State, the list of which is annexed to decree no. 2003-1111 of 18 November 2003, taken in application of article 9 of law no. 2002-92 of 22 January 20…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General provisions

Article L774-28

…olumn of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting fromL. 531-1 Ordinance no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 531-2 with the exception of c), n) and o) of its 2°.Ordinance no. 2021-1652…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative police powers of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article L5145-5

…imited market, to comply with the requirements laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018;2° The obligation, for the applicant for a marketing authorisation submitted in exc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L2361-1

…o: 1° European Cooperative Societies constituted in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 1435/2003 of 22 July 2003 on the Statute for a European Cooperative Society and having their registered o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Offences common to the various forms of commercial companies.

Article R247-1

…trading on a regulated market for failing to make the publications provided for in articles R. 232-11 and R. 232-13. In the event of a repeat offence, the applicable fine is that provided for by 5° o…

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