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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Investment research, financial analysis and voting advisory services

Article L544-6

Articles L. 544-3 to L. 544-5 apply to voting advisers whose registered office is in France, to voting advisers whose registered office is not in a Member State of the European Union but whose head of…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Procedures for publication of concession notices

Article R3122-5

A concession notice may not be published in any medium other than the Official Journal of the European Union before it has been published by the Publications Office of the European Union.The awarding…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Publication

Article R2131-19

Notices intended for publication in the Official Journal of the European Union shall be sent electronically to the Publications Office of the European Union. The purchaser shall retain proof of the da…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Content of the agreement.

Article L2352-18

Where the European Company is formed by transformation, the agreement provides for a level of information, consultation and participation at least equivalent to that existing in the company which is t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operation.

Article L2353-13

The European Company Committee has legal personality. It is chaired by the manager of the European Company. The committee appoints a secretary. It elects a bureau of three members when it comprises at…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY OF ALSACE

Article L3431-5

The State may delegate to the European Collectivity of Alsace the management of all or part of the actions covered by the European Social Fund, under the conditions defined in Article L. 1111-8-1.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Practitioners providing services.

Article R4126-3

The competent authority of the Member State of the European Union or of the State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area in which the service provider is established shall immediately be…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article R5211-29

Files and correspondence relating to certification procedures are drawn up in French or in a language of a Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area ac…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Courts for the enforcement of sentences

Article D49-81-1

…20-5 are appointed for a term of five years. If the importance of the cases to be dealt with by the Commission so warrants, the First President of the Court of Cassation may appoint one or more vice-p…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Law applicable to contracts

Article L232-2

Where the law governing the contract is that of a State which does not belong to the European Union, the consumer may not be deprived of the protection afforded to him by the provisions adopted by a M…

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