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Showing 24312440 of 7195 articles for Art. n° 18PA03648 · CAA Marseille 31 March 2023

French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter IV: Contract amendment

Article L2394-1

A defence or security contract may be amended by agreement or by the purchaser unilaterally, without a new competitive tendering procedure, in the cases provided for in article L. 2194-1. Such amendme…

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

Article L451-1-1

For the purposes of this section, an issuer is a person or entity whose financial securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market or whose financial securities, whether admitted to trading or…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Advances

Article R2193-18

Where part of the contract is subcontracted, the advance paid to the contractor is calculated on the basis of the amount of the contract less, where applicable, the amount of the services entrusted to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: UCITS

Article L214-2-1

…conomic Area, shall first submit to the competent authority of the host State, via the Autorité des marchés financiers, in accordance with the conditions laid down by decree, a notification file speci…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-48

…epresenting more than two hundredths of the voting rights, informs the company and the Autorité des marchés financiers of the total number of shares it holds temporarily, no later than the date of reg…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative police powers of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article L5145-5

The Director General of the Agence nationale de la sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail may impose financial penalties on natural or legal persons producing or market…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXV: Procedure applicable to organised crime and delinquency

Article D47-12-7

…ses du Nord Amiens, Douai, Reims, Rouen Lyon Cour d'assises du Rhône Chambéry, Grenoble, Lyon, Riom Marseille Cour d'assises des Bouches-du-Rhône Aix-en-Provence, Bastia, Montpellier, Nîmes Nancy Cour…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2k: Companies located in priority development zones

Article 44 septdecies

…the priority development zones defined in II, companies that are created between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2023 and that carry out an industrial, commercial or craft activity within the meaning o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Product monitoring and governance requirements

Article L516-1

I.-Insurance undertakings, as well as intermediaries when designing insurance products, shall develop, apply and update in accordance with Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/2358 of 21 Septembe…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Information and documents to be submitted with the tender

Article R2351-14

When the performance of a defence or security contract involves, requires or includes information or media protected or classified in the interests of national security, the purchaser shall request, i…

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