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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Economic concentration.

Article L430-2

…x of all the undertakings or groups of natural or legal persons party to the concentration exceeds €150 million;the total turnover excluding tax achieved in France by at least two of the undertakings…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Transmission of requests, notifications or service by electronic means of telecommunication

Article D591

…f which shall be kept:1° Requests for copies of documents in a case file provided for by article R. 155 ;1° bis. Requests and observations sent to the public prosecutor pursuant to Article 77-2, as we…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Preferential rights and guarantees for wage claims.

Article L143-11-7

…laims as follows: 1. For the claims mentioned in articles L. 143-10, L. 143-11, L. 742-6 and L. 751-15, within ten days of the judgment opening the proceedings; 2. For other claims that are also due o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-23

…es: 1° Offences reflecting a breach of the duty of probity, punishable under Articles 432-10 to 432-15 of the Criminal Code; 2° The offences of bribery and trading in influence, punishable under Artic…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Provisions specific to the surrender of a foreign national who, having exercised a right of mobility, does not meet the conditions for residence on French territory

Article L621-6

…ry posting in accordance with Directive 2014/66/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals in the context of an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Exchange of information

Article L561-28

…to money laundering or terrorist financing or any sum or transaction referred to in Article L. 561-15, they shall inform the department referred to in Article L. 561-23 without delay. This department…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D2651-2

…192-35 D. 2196-5 to D. 2196-6 Resulting from decree no. 2022-767 of 2 May 2022D. 2197-13 to D. 2197-15 D. 2197-17 to D. 2197-22 In Book IIIIn Title VIID. 2371-3 Title IXD. 2392-2Resulting from decree…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation and operation

Article R823-7

…t to consumer health and safety, the quality and durability of goods, and environmental protection; 15° The creation and composition of the scientific and technical steering committees provided for in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Payments

Article L3334-8

…m the exemption provided for in article L. 242-4-3 of the same code or articles L. 741-4 and L. 741-15 of the rural and maritime fishing code insofar as they refer to article L. 242-4-3 of the social…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan

Article L3334-12

Notwithstanding the provisions of 2° of article L. 3332-15, the collective retirement savings plan may not provide for the acquisition of units in mutual funds governed by article L. 214-165 of the Mo…

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