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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to transferable securities

Article L228-1

…uivalent to a regulated market by the European Commission pursuant to Article 25(4)(a) of Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial inst…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Design-build contract

Article L2171-2

A design-build contract is a works contract enabling the purchaser to entrust an economic operator with the task of both drawing up the studies and carrying out the works. Purchasers subject to the pr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Provisions applicable to investment services providers relating to the design and distribution of financial instruments

Article L533-24

Investment services providers other than portfolio management companies which design financial instruments for sale to clients : 1° Maintain, apply and review a validation process for each financial i…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Exclusions at the buyer's discretion

Article L2141-10

The purchaser may exclude from the contract award procedure persons who, by their application, create a situation of conflict of interest, where this cannot be remedied by other means.Any situation in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Import and export

Article R5121-123

The parallel import authorisation is granted for a period of five years. It specifies the differences mentioned in articles R. 5121-117 to R. 5121-119 with the speciality that has obtained marketing a…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Choice of the most economically advantageous tender

Article L2152-9

Among the award criteria for global contracts mentioned in Article L. 2171-1, the purchaser shall take account of the proportion of the contract performance that the tenderer undertakes to entrust to…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Reserving contracts for social economy enterprises

Article L2113-16

A company awarded a contract in this way may not be awarded the same contract for the following three years.The duration of a contract reserved for social economy companies may not exceed three years.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial reporting requirements

Article L451-1-1

For the purposes of this section, an issuer is a person or entity whose financial securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market or whose financial securities, whether admitted to trading or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-48

…epresenting more than two hundredths of the voting rights, informs the company and the Autorité des marchés financiers of the total number of shares it holds temporarily, no later than the date of reg…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 5: Personal interview

Article R531-15

…his or her right of access to the audio recording under the conditions laid down in Article L. 531-20.If it has not been possible to make an audio recording due to a technical impossibility, the tran…

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