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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Administrative authorisation for insurance and reinsurance undertakings with head offices in France

Article L321-2

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall inform the European Commission, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority and the supervisory authorities of the other Membe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Participation of residents and users in public services

Article L1413-1

The regions, the Corsican collectivity, the départements, the communes with a population of more than 10,000, the public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with a population of more than 50…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of control officers

Article R411-1

…Article L. 411-1 are individually commissioned by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, for a renewable…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Purpose and conditions of award

Article 211-91

Direct grants for the creation of digital subtitling and audio description files are subject to compliance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L1511-1-1

The State notifies the European Commission of the aid projects or aid schemes that the territorial authorities and their groupings wish to implement, subject to their compatibility with the State's de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R5121-51

…for a medicinal product which is not covered by the marketing authorisation procedure issued by the European Commission pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Co…

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

Article R5121-41-7

…ent et des produits de santé when it appears necessary to bring it into line with a decision of the European Commission referred to it under Articles 30, 31 and 36 of Directive 2001/83/EC of 6 Novembe…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Information to be provided by the candidate

Article R2143-4

The purchaser accepts that candidates may submit their applications in the form of a Single European Market Document constituting an exchange of structured data, drawn up in accordance with the model…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGETS AND ACCOUNTS

Article R3312-9

…ult corresponds to the surplus or deficit for the year. For the purpose of its appropriation, it is combined with the previous result brought forward, excluding any outstanding commitments. The outsta…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGETS AND ACCOUNTS

Article R4312-6

…result corresponds to the surplus or deficit for the year. For the purposes of appropriation, it is combined with the previous result carried forward, excluding any outstanding commitments.Outstanding…

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