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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Award of sub-contracts where the estimated value of the requirement is equal to or greater than the thresholds for the formal procedure

Article R2393-18

…ts intention to award the subcontract by means of a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Union in accordance with Article R. 2131-19.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Authorisations

Article R511-4

…ed level based on a qualified certificate, within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust servic…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Qualified employees

Article R421-22

When the multi-annual residence permit bearing the words "talent passport-European Blue Card" provided for in article L. 421-11 is issued on proof of a stay of at least eighteen months in another Memb…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Information for users.

Article L4411-6

…tances or mixtures in accordance with the conditions set out in Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packagin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Powers of investigation.

Article R450-2-4

…ed level based on a qualified certificate, within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust servic…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-3

…Code : 1° "Home Member State" means : a) in the case of non-life insurance, the Member State of the European Union in which the head office of the insurance undertaking covering the risk is situated ;…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Procedures and penalties

Article L343-3

In addition to the reports of officers or agents of the judicial police, proof of the materiality of the infringements defined in this chapter may result from the findings of sworn agents appointed by…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter II: Transit.

Article 126

…uded from the transit procedure shall be designated by decree of the Council of State issued on the report of the Minister for the Economy and Finance. 2. Decrees issued by the Minister for Economic A…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and internal control

Article L511-66

…n the event of changes in the risks affecting or likely to affect the credit institution or finance company, the head of the risk management function may report directly to the Board of Directors, the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L561-36-4

…in 3° to 16° of I of Article L. 561-36 shall put in place procedures to ensure that any failure to comply with the obligations defined in this Title and supervised by one or other of these authoritie…

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