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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to Book III

Article L2623-1

…ties or entities in the fields of defence and security, and amending Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC," are deleted; 3° In Article L. 2341-1, the references to articles 1741 to 1743, 1746 and 1747…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO BOOK I

Article R2631-1

…regulatory provisions of Book I to Saint-Martin :1° In article R. 2122-1, references to articles L. 184-1, L. 511-11, L. 511-15, L. 511-16 and L. 511-19 to L. 511-21 of the Construction and Housing Co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General-purpose investment funds.

Article R214-32-17

…3° are deemed to be met for money market instruments covered by 1° to 3° of I of article R. 214-32-18, unless the general-purpose investment fund has information leading to different conclusions.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Concealed employment.

Article L8221-6

…road passenger transport companies, who provide school transport as provided for in article L. 214-18 of the Education Code or transport on request in accordance with article 29 of law no. 82-1153 of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Declaration of hazardous mixtures

Article R1342-15

…y not prevent the provision of the information mentioned in the second paragraph of Article R. 1342-18. If, at a later date, the declarant itself makes public declarations that were previously confide…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database

Article 706-55

…loitation of begging and endangering minors, provided for by the articles 221-1 à 221-5,222-1 à 222-18,222-34 à 222-40,224-1 à 224-8,225-4-1 à 225-4-4,225-5 à 225-10,225-12-1 à 225-12-3,225-12-5 to 22…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medically assisted procreation

Article R2442-1

…regulations applicable locally. C.-In articles R. 2141-2, R. 2141-5, R. 2141-9, R. 2141-10, R. 2141-18 and R. 2141-20, the reference to a medically assisted procreation centre or an authorised centre…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Administration of establishments in the network of chambers of commerce and industry.

Article D712-11-1

…ded for in V of Article 40 of Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019, amended by the article 16 of law no. 2022-172 of 14 February 2022; - the term "network" refers to the regional chambers of commerce and i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 quinquies G

…n systems and transport mentioned in article A. 344-2 of the said code, as it stands on 31 December 2022.The limit within which annual allocations to this provision may be deducted from profits and th…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 7b: Temporary withholding of cash

Article 67 ter B

…where there are indications that cash, within the meaning of Article 2(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on controls of cash enterin…

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