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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Control of legality

Article D6242-6

Amendments to public contracts are forwarded to the State representative, accompanied, where applicable, by the deliberations authorising them.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Control of legality

Article D6342-6

Amendments to public contracts are forwarded to the State representative, accompanied, where applicable, by the resolutions authorising them..

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to certain contracts

Article R2183-4

For specific contracts based on a dynamic purchasing system and contracts for social services and other specific services, the purchaser may group award notices on a quarterly basis. In this case, he…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article R811-1

…4 ;2° The provisions of Book II in their wording, for their application , resulting from Decree no. 2017-338 of 15 March 2017;3° The provisions of Book III with the exception of Articles R. 326-1 to R…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Shareholding and control

Article L214-24-23

…the company concerned; 2° An issuer within the meaning of Article 2(1)(d) of Directive 2004/109 of 15 December 2004, whose registered office is in a Member State of the European Union and whose share…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Tax fines

Article 1763 C

…from the tax advantages provided for in 2° of 5 of article 38 and to the articles 163 quinquies B, 150-0 A, 209-0 A and 219 has not complied with its investment quota provided for in 1° of II of arti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions applicable to markets of national interest installed on the private property of a local authority and to those installed on buildings belonging to private individuals.

Article R761-25

The occupants of markets of national interest installed on an outbuilding of a local authority's private domain may only be leaseholders. In the event of delegated management of the national interest…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Adjudication

Article L211-21

Voluntary or forced public auctions of financial securities shall be conducted, if the securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market, by the investment services providers which are members…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Control of legality of public contracts

Article R2131-6

Amendments to public contracts are forwarded to the prefect or sub-prefect accompanied, where appropriate, by the deliberations authorising them.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R15-40

The authorisation may be withdrawn in accordance with the procedure set out in articles R. 15-36 and R. 15-37. The public prosecutor or the public prosecutor may, for the purposes of withdrawing autho…

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