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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: UCITS

Article L214-2-1

…conomic Area, shall first submit to the competent authority of the host State, via the Autorité des marchés financiers, in accordance with the conditions laid down by decree, a notification file speci…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Materials in contact with water

Article R1321-48

…of the Council of 20 June 2019 on market surveillance and product conformity and amending Directive 2004/42/EC and Regulations (EC) No 765/2008 and (EU) No 305/2011, products approved in accordance wi…

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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 R2122-3

The purchaser may award a contract without prior advertising or competitive tendering where the works, supplies or services can only be provided by a specific economic operator, for one of the followi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Special rules relating to real estate investment funds

Article L214-77

…l unitholders so dictate, under conditions laid down in the general regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers. The general regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers shall in particul…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Payment of the subcontractor

Article R2393-33

The threshold provided for in article L. 2393-13 above which an accepted subcontractor is paid directly by the purchaser is set at 600 euros inclusive of all taxes. With regard to service, works or su…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article A761-1

The standard application file for classification as a market of national interest contains, in addition to the deliberation of the regional council concerned, the following documents:1° The deliberati…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Public industrial and commercial services

Article L2573-27

The municipalities must provide drinking water and wastewater services by 31 December 2024 at the latest. The communes shall submit a provisional equipment and upgrading plan relating to drinking wate…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 231-28

…classification in year n+1 in the following cases:1° Opening of the cinema between 1st January and 31st December of year n-1;2° Refusal to classify the cinema and to grant aid in year n;3° Absence of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Provisions applicable before the Court of Cassation

Article R*49-32

…motion, may, in urgent cases, reduce the time limit provided for in articles R. * 49-30 and R. * 49-31. It sets the date of the hearing at which the priority question of constitutionality will be exam…

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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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