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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO NEW CALEDONIA

Article L732-2

…ns provided for in II, III and IV: Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting fromL. 131-1 law no. 2006-387 of 31 March 2006 L. 131-1-1 Act no. 2010-737 of 1 July 2010 L. 131-2 and L. 131-3Act no. 20…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L733-2

…provided for in II, III and IV: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 131-1 law no. 2006-387 of 31 March 2006 L. 131-1-1 Act no. 2010-737 of 1 July 2010 L. 131-2 and L. 131-3 Act no. 2…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Content of the agreement

Article L2362-10

…content of which is determined in accordance with the provisions of Articles L. 2352-16 to L. 2352-20.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Provisions adapting Book VI.

Article L946-9

For the application of articles L. 622-24, L. 626-20, L. 625-3, L. 625-4 and L. 662-4, the institutions mentioned in article L. 143-11-4 of the French Labour Code are the territorial institutions resp…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter III: Tenders submitted by economic operators or including products from third countries

Article L2353-1

Defence or security contracts excluded or exempted from the Agreement on procurement or from another equivalent international agreement to which the European Union is a party shall be awarded to econo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-10

Shares are only negotiable after the company has been registered in the Trade and Companies Register. In the event of a capital increase, the shares may be traded as from the completion of the increas…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Allocation

Article L2113-11

The purchaser may decide not to allot a contract in one of the following cases:1° It is not in a position to carry out the organisational, steering and coordination tasks itself;2° Awarding the contra…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Contracts awarded without advertising or competitive tendering on account of their value or subject-matter

Article R2122-1

…g Code, as well as contracts awarded to deal with health hazards defined in 1° and 2° of Article L. 201-1 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code.The contract is limited to the services strictly necess…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Choice of award criteria

Article R2352-5

To award the defence or security contract to the tenderer or, where applicable, to the tenderers who have submitted the most economically advantageous tender, the purchaser shall base itself: 1° Eithe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Content of agreements.

Article L3323-2

…out in Title III ; 2° (repealed). These provisions apply to agreements concluded after 1st January 2007. All profit-sharing agreements in existence on the date of promulgation of Law no. 2010-1330 of…

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