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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: National medical biology commission

Article R6213-19

…requests mentioned in 3° of Article L. 6213-2 and in Article L. 6213-2-1, it meets in a restricted formation chaired by the Chairman or Vice-Chairman and is made up of the members mentioned in I and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Position limits

Article L420-11

…EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014, traded on trading platforms; 2° In commodity derivatives within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exempt transactions

Article 262-0 bis

…article 262, by transmitting to the administration, by means of an electronic data interchange platform certified by the administration, the electronic data of the export sales slips that they issue…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-18

…III - The order execution policy shall include, in respect of each class of financial instrument, information on the different execution venues in which the investment service provider other than an a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
8°: Financial products benefiting international organisations, foreign sovereign States, their central banks or financial institutions

Article 131 sexies

…countries and the regulatory texts issued for its application. The securities must be in registered form or deposited with a credit institution established in France.II. - With the approval of the Min…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the statutes of professional leagues

Article R132-2

The professional league is constituted for an unlimited period in the form of an association declared in accordance with the provisions of the law of 1st July 1901 relating to the contract of associat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Ethics.

Article L1412-1-1

I.-A public debate in the form of Estates General shall precede any proposed reform of the ethical problems and social issues mentioned in article L. 1412-1. These are organised on the initiative of t…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter V: Purchasing techniques

Article L2325-1

…xceeding this period may, in particular, be justified by their purpose or by the fact that their performance requires investment that can be amortised over a longer period;2° Electronic catalogues, wh…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 5: Electronic catalogues

Article R2162-55

…a framework agreement concluded with several economic operators, tenders have been submitted in the form of electronic catalogues, the purchaser may provide that the reopening of competition between t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to securities giving access to the capital.

Article L228-101

…the equity securities is absorbed by another company or merges with one or more other companies to form a new company, or carries out a demerger, the holders of securities giving access to the capita…

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