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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Safety requirements for football, handball, field and indoor hockey goal cages and basketball goals

Article R322-23

When placed on the market and up to the final purchaser stage, football, handball and hockey goalposts and basketball goals are accompanied by instructions for use specifying their assembly, installat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Printing costs

Article R212

Prints paid for as legal costs are made under contracts awarded for each court or tribunal jurisdiction by the public prosecutor or the public prosecutor, as the case may be, and which may only be exe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to portfolio management companies.

Article R532-10

…ion as a portfolio management company, applicants must submit their application to the Autorité des marchés financiers.The application for authorisation must be accompanied by a file complying with th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Approval of AIFM established in a third country

Article R532-34

…Authority examines the notification provided for in Article L. 532-37.II. - Where the Autorité des marchés financiers proposes to grant authorisation against the opinion of the European Securities an…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Restricted invitation to tender

Article R2324-2

If the defence or security contract is awarded using the invitation to tender procedure mentioned in article L. 2124-2, this invitation to tender is restricted. Only candidates selected by the purchas…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-46

Any change in the marketing authorisation holder is subject to authorisation from the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé.The application must i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Lapse and cessation of activity

Article R1333-140

…f the registration or authorisation issued in application of the third paragraph of Article L. 1333-31, the Nuclear Safety Authority shall prescribe to the person responsible for the nuclear activity…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration of the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article A663-29

The fee provided for in Article R. 663-31-1 in respect of actions brought pursuant to the provisions of the first paragraph of article L. 653-7 is set at 300 euros per action brought resulting in the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1466 D

…bis, exempt from business property tax for a period of seven years businesses existing on 1 January 2004 or created between that date and 31 December 2025, and meeting, during the reference period men…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 8: Repeat bids

Article R322-70

…R. 322-31 to R. 322-36.

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