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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article D744-9

…of the assets managed, including assets acquired through leverage, by applying the French valuation rules and/or those provided for in the AIF's regulations or instruments of incorporation;c) Sum the…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Cooperation between contracting authorities

Article L2511-6

The rules laid down in Title II shall apply to public contracts by means of which contracting authorities, including where they are acting as a contracting entity, establish or implement cooperation w…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Cooperation between contracting authorities

Article L3211-6

The rules set out in Title II apply to concession contracts by which contracting authorities, including when acting as a contracting entity, establish or implement cooperation in order to ensure that…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-2

…of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories.Investment services providers other than…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Endorsement.

Article L511-13

Where the endorsement contains the words "valeur en recouvrement", "pour encaissement", "par procuration", or any other wording implying a simple mandate, the bearer may exercise all the rights derivi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Correction, withdrawal and publication of the application

Article R612-42

Where the invention concerns a micro-organism, any person may, either from the date of publication provided for in Article R. 612-39, or before that date if it has been notified of a copy of the paten…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Recovery costs

Article L132-23

Infringement of the prohibition on recovery costs mentioned in article L. 121-21 is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros. The amount of the fine may be increased, in propo…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 4a: Complementary certificates associated with vocational diplomas, State diplomas and higher State diplomas in youth, popular education and sport

Article D212-66

The skills reference framework identifies the skills and the knowledge, including cross-disciplinary knowledge, which derive from them. The certification reference framework is made up of one or a set…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Conservation and preparation of blood, its components and derived products for scientific purposes

Article R1224-1

The conservation and preparation of blood, its components and derived products for scientific purposes are governed by the provisions of Section 2 of Chapter III of Title IV of this Book. These activi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R1245-1

…and in article L. 1245-5-1 who, for the purposes mentioned in these articles, bring tissues, their derivatives or cells from the human body, whatever their level of processing and cell therapy prepar…

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