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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Administrative fine for late payment

Article L3133-14

The public undertakings defined in II of Article 1 of Order no. 2004-503 of 7 June 2004 transposing Directive 80/723/EEC on the transparency of financial relations between Member States and the contra…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Mergers

Article L2312-41

…430-3 of the same code, or by the European Commission pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) no. 139/2004 of 20 January 2004 on mergers. During this meeting, the social and economic committee or, where…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Provisions relating to the public establishment for the protection of Mediterranean forests

Article L1424-67

People employed by an association, created before the date of promulgation of the loi n° 2004-811 du 13 août 2004de modernisation de la sécurité civile, whose dissolution results from the full transfe…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Exchange and dissemination of information

Article L512-22-1

…ons relatives à un contenu illicite aux personnes mentionnées au 2 du I de l'article 6 de la loi n° 2004-575 du 21 juin 2004 pour la confiance dans l'économie numérique par les agents habilités, dans…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Economic concentration.

Article L430-2

…r than €50 million;the transaction does not fall within the scope of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 of 20 January 2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings. II.-Where at least tw…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article R712-18

…due before the approval of the budget ;3° Until the budget is approved, if this takes place before 31 March, and after deliberation by the general meeting, commit, liquidate and mandate investment ex…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Economic concentration.

Article R430-3

If the European Commission decides, pursuant to Article 9 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139 / 2004 of 20 January 2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings, to refer all or part of a c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Mixed associations composed of communes and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation or exclusively public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation

Article L5843-1

…tralisation, deconcentration and various measures to simplify local public action L. 5711-2 law no. 2004-809 of 13 August 2004 L. 5711-3 law no. 2004-809 of 13 August 2004 L. 5711-5 law no. 2015-991 o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local semi-public companies.

Article D1862-1

…lynesia, under the conditions laid down by the provisions adopted pursuant to Article 23 of Law no. 2004-193 of 27 February 2004 supplementing the autonomous status of French Polynesia. "III. - For th…

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

Article L922-1

…2001-420 du 15 mai 2001" are replaced by the words: "the date of publication of the l'ordonnance n° 2004-604 du 24 juin 2004 portant réforme du régime des valeurs mobilières émises par les sociétés co…

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