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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination of applications

Article R3123-20

…r information are missing which must be produced in accordance with the provisions of articles R. 3123-1 to R. 3123-8 and articles R. 3123-16 to R. 3123-19 may ask the applicants concerned to complete…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Obligations where there is a high risk of money laundering or terrorist financing

Article R561-20-3

The persons mentioned in 2° to 2°e and 3°a of Article L. 561-2 shall take measures to determine whether the beneficiaries of life insurance or capitalisation contracts and, where applicable, their ben…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 321-20

…production expenditure mentioned in article…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Procedures before committees

Article R712-20

…rtment, the coordination commission for actions to prevent rental evictions provided for in article 7-2 of law no. 90-449 of 31 May 1990 aimed at implementing the right to housing, the departmental co…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Income tax deducted at source

Article 204 M

…household is, at the taxpayer's option, individualised in accordance with the procedures set out in 2 and 3 of this article for each of the spouses or partners bound by a civil solidarity pact subject…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Open-ended inclusion contracts

Article D5132-10-15

People aged at least fifty-seven who are experiencing social and professional difficulties may enter into an open-ended inclusion contract with a temporary work integration company, as provided for in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to investment service providers

Article L533-10-1

…d investment services providers that provide the investment service referred to in 4 of Article L. 321-1 employ :1° A method of risk management on behalf of third parties that enables them to monitor…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-37

By way of derogation from the second and third sentences of IV of Article L. 225-102-3, issuers mentioned in I and II of Article L. 451-1-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code and subject to the obliga…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Police powers relating to specific objects

Article L2573-20

I.-In their wording resulting from Act No. 2018-1021 of 23 November 2018 on the evolution of housing, development and digital, the articles L. 511-1 to L. 511-5 and article L. 511-6, with the exceptio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Sterilisation of medical devices.

Article R6111-20

…pinion of the regional health agency, a health care establishment or a healthcare cooperation group may entrust one or more sterilisation operations to a third party.The draft contract is sent by regi…

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