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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Obligations of investment service providers

Article L775-24

…column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 533-1 Ordinance no. 2007-544 of 12 April 2007 L. 533-2 Ordinance no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 533-2-1 to L. 533-2-3…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Amounts paid by the Caisse des dépôts et consignations

Article 125 ter

…es sommes versées par la Caisse des dépôts et consignations en application du V de l'article L. 312-20 of the Monetary and Financial Code having the character of income from transferable capital menti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: External control

Article L518-15-1

…s, subject to the necessary adaptations, the conditions of application of Articles L. 571-4, L. 613-20-1 and L. 613-20-2 to the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations Group and its managers. It takes into…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Halls, markets and public weights

Article L2224-22

The application of the provisions of articles

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Preliminary investigation

Article 75

…al police officers and, under their supervision, the judicial police officers designated in Article 20 carry out preliminary investigations either on the instructions of the public prosecutor or of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-30

Subject to the provisions of articles L. 1123-15 to L. 1123-20, the provisions of this chapter apply to clinical investigations which are classified as national defence secrets within the meaning of a…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions applicable to contracts other than those for social services and other specific services

Article R2131-5

…n may be made on the buyer profile, under the conditions set out in articles R. 2131-19 and R. 2131-20.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 421-17

…elopment aid is paid to the production company as follows:- 80% at the time of the award decision;- 20% after submission to the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée of the finalised version…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Funeral operations

Article L2564-11

For the application in Mayotte of Article L. 2223-20, the first sentence of the first paragraph is replaced by the following sentence: "The funeral regulations applicable in Mayotte are established by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Criminal provisions.

Article L7123-30

…financial guarantee resulting from a guarantee given in breach of the provisions of article L. 7123-20 is liable to six months' imprisonment and a fine of 75,000 euros.

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