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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Groups of economic operators

Article R2142-23

Applications and tenders must be submitted either by all the members of the consortium, or by a representative who has the necessary authority to represent the other members of the consortium. The sam…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Submission and processing of applications

Article L612-23

The National Institute of Industrial Property shall issue, at the request of any interested person or at the request of any administrative authority, a documentary notice citing the elements of the st…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article D123-236

…the General Tax Code the indication of the intra-Community VAT number, in accordance with the procedures laid down by the minister responsible for the budget and by the minister responsible for simpl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article D123-235

The unique identification number which alone may be required of a company in its dealings with the administrations, persons or bodies listed in Article L. 123-32 is the identity number assigned to it…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions common to the sale and pledging of a business.

Article R143-23

…21, it shall be carried out in accordance with articles 1281- 2 et seq. of the Code of Civil Procedure.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Obligations.

Article R213-23

If an association fails to apply for deregistration within the prescribed period, the procedure will be carried out in accordance with the second paragraph of article L. 123-3 of the French Commercial…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Governance of credit institutions and finance companies

Article R511-23

Credit institutions and finance companies shall require the instruments referred to in Article L. 511-81 to be held for a minimum period defined under the conditions set out in Article L. 511-72 in or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health checks and surveillance

Article R1321-23

…ditional analyses provided for in articles R. 1321-17 and R. 1321-18, the person responsible for producing or distributing water is required to implement ongoing monitoring in order to guarantee the q…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article R2224-23

…ronment Code;3°"Assimilated waste": waste collected by the public waste management service whose producer is not a household;4°"Residual household waste": household waste and assimilated waste collect…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to the import and export of elements or products of the human body mentioned in article R. 1245-1 from or to countries outside the European Union and the European Economic Area and intended for the manufacture of medicinal products

Article R1245-23

…er articles L. 4211-9-1 and L. 4211-9-2 to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé by any means capable of providing a date certain for this app…

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