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Showing 20312040 of 7195 articles for Art. n° 18PA03648 · CAA Marseille 31 March 2023

French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Notification of the contract

Article R2182-4

The purchaser notifies the contractor of the contract.The contract takes effect on the date of receipt of the notification.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Prior information notice

Article R2331-4

For works contracts, the prior information notice indicates the essential characteristics of the contracts that the purchaser intends to award.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIIIa: Procedure applicable to health and environmental offences

Article D47-5-1

…CE Extending to the jurisdiction of the Courts of Appeal or the High Court of Appeal of : Agen Agen Marseille Aix-en- ProvenceProvence Amiens Amiens Angers Angers Basse-Terre Basse-Terre Bastia Bastia…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Local commissions for liberal professions.

Article R6154-13

…nce publique-hôpitaux de Paris, the Hospices civils de Lyon and the Assistance publique-hôpitaux de Marseille, there are as many local commissions for private practice as there are local institutional…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Global performance contract

Article R2171-2

The prices for the implementation, operation and maintenance services of the global performance contract appear separately in the contract.Payment for the operation and maintenance services of the glo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: French UCITS portfolio management companies

Article L532-24-1

…or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area shall notify its plans to the Autorité des marchés financiers in accordance with rules laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.Unless the Aut…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of directors and shareholders of market undertakings

Article L421-7-5

The corporate bodies of a market undertaking made up of the persons referred to in Article L. 421-7: 1° Define and supervise the implementation of a system of governance that guarantees the efficient…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Other provisions

Article L214-13

Under the conditions defined by the General Regulation of the Autorité des marchés financiers, responsibility for centralising subscription and redemption orders for UCITS units or shares vis-à-vis th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Growth market for small and medium-sized enterprises

Article L424-7

The Autorité des marchés financiers shall register a multilateral trading facility as a small and medium-sized enterprise growth market at the request of its operator, after verifying that at least 50…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial reporting requirements

Article L451-1-3

The Autorité des marchés financiers shall ensure that issuers whose registered office is located outside France, which are not subject to the obligations defined in Article L. 451-1-2, and whose secur…

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