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

Article R5121-36-2

…product is intended exclusively for export to a State which is not a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, or when the medicinal product is marketed in at least one other Member State…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 59 undecies

…Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, signed in Washington on 3 March 1973, and the European Union regulations adopted for its application, and the officials of the Directorate General…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 59 sexdecies

…of Article 32 of Law No. 2021-1308 of 8 October 2021 containing various provisions for adapting to European Union law in the fields of transport, the environment, the economy and finance and customs…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Retirement savings plans giving rise to membership of a group insurance contract

Article L142-8

The transfer value of retirement savings plans and French sub-accounts of the pan-European individual retirement savings product giving rise to subscription to a group insurance contract whose guarant…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Automatic exclusions

Article L2141-6

…warded only to that economic operator and that a final judgment of a court of a Member State of the European Union does not expressly exclude the operator concerned from the contracts.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter III: Concession contracts concluded by a contracting authority

Article L3213-1

…vision adopted by law are subject to the rules defined in Title II, provided that this provision is compatible with the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R2143-5

…t has been met, the purchaser shall accept any equivalent document from another Member State of the European Union. It shall not require the submission of documents in the form of the original, a cert…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Supply contracts of contracting entities

Article R2153-5

…pecifies, for a given country or sector, whether, depending on the content of these agreements, the commitments entered into include restrictions likely to prevent comparable and effective access for…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Recognised foreign markets

Article L423-1

…ket for financial securities other than a regulated market of a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, negotiable futures contracts or any financial products unless the market has…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L511-81

…pplicable, other instruments referred to in Articles 52 or 63 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 or other instruments that may be fully conver…

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