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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF MARTINIQUE

Article D72-101-14

…ection resulting from the additional allocation to reserves provided for by 2° of Article D. 72-101-12 and recorded in the administrative account in respect of two consecutive financial years may be t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Preliminary sub-section: Provisions applicable to unfair commercial practices other than misleading or aggressive commercial practices

Article L132-1 A

…ursuant to Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2394 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of cons…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Biomedicine

Article L1418-6

…other committee sitting within the Agency may not, subject to the penalties laid down inarticle 432-12 of the Criminal Code, take part in the deliberations or votes of these bodies if they have a dire…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Automatic exclusions specific to defence or security concession contracts

Article L3123-13

…judgment of one of the offences provided for in Articles 226-13, 222-52 to 222-59 or 413-10 to 413-12 of the French Criminal Code, Articles L. 2339-2 to L. 2339-4, L. 2339-11-1 to L. 2339-11-3 of the…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions relating to the invitation to confirm interest

Article R2131-11

…ments are not made available on a buyer profile, for one of the reasons set out in articles R. 2132-12 and R. 2132-13, or by any other means, they shall be attached to the invitation. In cases where e…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Principles

Article A212-176

The declaration provided for in articles R. 212-85 and R. 212-87, a specimen of which is given in appendix II-12, includes the surname, forenames, date and place of birth, nationality, contact details…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L512-69

…may form between themselves with, where appropriate, groupings such as those defined in Article L. 512-74; 3 (Repealed) 4. The banques populaires governed by articles L. 512-2 to L. 512-13; 5. Mutual…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health threats

Article L3131-1

…h system;2° Quarantine or isolation measures, under the conditions set out in I of articles L. 3131-12 and L. 3131-13.II - The Minister may authorise the representative of the State with territorial j…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Standard formula

Article R352-7

…riations in the level of equity prices. It also takes into account the provisions of article R. 352-12. The symmetric adjustment of the standard equity capital requirement, calibrated in accordance wi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Invoicing and payment terms

Article L441-16

…e payment deadlines provided for in I of Article L. 441-10, II of Article L. 441-11, Article L. 441-12 and Article L. 441-13;b) Not indicating, in the terms of payment set out in I of Article L. 441-1…

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