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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Commitment of expenditure and authorising officer's accounts (R)

Article R2342-1

In accordance with the provisions of Article 1 of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management, the fundamental principles contained in Title I of the said dec…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Investor guarantees

Article L322-1

Investment services providers, other than portfolio management companies, authorised in France, intermediaries authorised by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution for clearing, administ…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rules governing the formation and performance of contracts

Article L252-1

Sont applicables dans les îles Wallis et Futuna, sous réserve des adaptations prévues aux articles L. 252-2 et L. 252-3, les dispositions des articles mentionnés dans la colonne de gauche du tableau c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions

Article R4421-1-1

I.- Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the articles of Chapter VI of Title II of Book I of this Part mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply to Wallis and Futuna,…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 4: Transfer of project ownership

Article L2422-12

When the construction or rehabilitation of a structure or group of structures simultaneously falls within the remit of several project owners mentioned in article L. 2411-1 or one or more of these pro…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Transitional provisions

Article L2333-16

A. - For municipalities collecting in 2008 the tax provided for by article L. 2333-6 or that provided for by article L. 2333-21, in their wording prior to 1st January 2009, this tax is replaced, from…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Infringements relating to Regulation (EU) No 2015/751 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 on interchange fees for card-related payment transactions

Article L361-1

Breaches of the provisions of Regulation (EU) No 2015/751 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 on interchange fees for card-related payment transactions, detected pursuant to…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO BOOK I

Article R2641-1

For the application of the regulatory provisions of Book I in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon : 1° In Article R. 2111-9: a) 2° is deleted ; b) In 5°, the words: "other technical standards drawn up by Europea…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Professional private equity funds

Article L214-159

I. - Unless otherwise stipulated, professional private equity funds are private equity funds governed by articles L. 214-27 to L. 214-32-1.II. - Professional private equity funds take the form of eith…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Intermediary associations.

Article L5132-11-1

Intermediary associations may conclude fixed-term contracts with unemployed people experiencing particular social and professional difficulties, in application of article L. 1242-3. During the perform…

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