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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2a: International assistance with recovery

Article 349 septies

Officials of the administrations of the other Member States of the European Union, duly authorised by the requesting authority by means of a written mandate and authorised by the French administration…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Transnational joint entities

Article L2113-9

Where purchasers have joined a common transnational entity, constituted in particular in the form of a European grouping for territorial cooperation, the statutes or a decision of the competent body o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-29-7-1

Companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market established or operating in a Member State of the European Union shall send to the intermediaries mentioned in 1° to 4° of I of Art…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Book VII: ENFORCEMENT OF REMOVAL DECISIONS

Article L700-2

…572-1 or requests for taking charge or taking back pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions and activities

Article L511-1

…e undertakings defined in point 1 of paragraph 1 of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013.II. - Finance companies are legal entities, o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Freedom of establishment or freedom to provide services

Article L519-10

…the freedom to provide services or the freedom of establishment in one or more Member States of the European Union is removed from the register referred to in I of article L. 512-1 of the Insurance Co…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Portfolio transfers.

Article R364-1

…aking having its head office in another Member State or another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, it shall refrain from communicating to the competent authorities the solvenc…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions relating to beneficiaries

Article 311-3

…o be eligible for financial aid for the production and preparation of audiovisual works, production companies must meet the following conditions:1° Be established in France;2° Have chairmen, directors…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 411-76

…ench nationals or assimilated; 2° Technical industries established in France or on the territory of European States.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 6: Small modifications

Article R2194-8

The contract may be modified where the amount of the modification is less than the European thresholds set out in the notice annexed to this code and less than 10% of the amount of the initial contrac…

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