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Showing 22812290 of 21304 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 24 Nov. 1998 – Chevassus-Marche

French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: Markets of national interest and commercial events.

Article L761-11

The Prefect exercises police powers within the national interest market. Within the reference perimeter, he ensures that the laws and regulations affecting the market are applied and, to this end, rep…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: General organisation of markets of national interest

Article R761-16

Market users are, in particular, bound by the following obligations: 1° To comply with the provisions of the market's internal rules and with the laws and regulations applicable to their activities; 2…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-10

The duration of the contract is defined taking into account the nature of the services and the need for periodic competitive tendering. A contract may provide for one or more renewals provided that it…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Contract notices for contracts awarded in accordance with a formal procedure

Article R2131-17

The contract notice shall be drawn up in accordance with the model set out in the European Commission Regulation establishing standard forms for the publication of notices in the framework of the awar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS

Article L214-8-7

The redemption by the fund of its units and the issue of new units may be temporarily suspended by the management company when exceptional circumstances so require and if the interests of the unithold…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Companies or organisations exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150

Article R5121-168

I.-Any company or organisation exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in article R. 5121-150 is required to transmit electronically to the European Medicines Agency a periodic safety up…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligations of the market undertaking

Article L421-12

Without prejudice to Article 53 of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on improving securities settlement in the European Union and on central sec…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operations.

Article D518-49

Caisse des dépôts et consignations submits the accounts provided for in Article L. 518-24-1 at least once a year in accordance with the regulatory deadlines for producing the account of the principal'…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Position limits

Article L420-11

I.-The AMF establishes and applies limits on the size of a net position that a person may hold at any time: 1° In agricultural commodity derivatives within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-15

…these candidates are invited to submit a tender, under the conditions laid down in Articles R. 2161-24 to R. 2161-31 of the French Public Procurement Code and subject to the provisions of this sub-sec…

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