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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-47

…net asset value of an undertaking for collective real estate investment, as defined by the general regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers, is set by decree.If this obligation is not met w…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-17-2

Any infringement of the prohibition laid down in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 816/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006, referred to above, and in Article 2 of Council…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 4 - Automatic processing of personal data for the purpose of establishing the biological profile of athletes referred to in Article L. 230-3

Article R232-41-9

…ectification may be exercised with the latter under the conditions set out in Articles 15 and 16 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016. The data controller has two months in which to respond to…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-14

…cle L. 351-2, on the basis of consolidated data, are set out in Article 339 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014. At group level, the calculation of the risk margin, i…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Award notice

Article R3125-6

…tract.This notice shall be drawn up in accordance with the model set out in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1986 of 11 November 2015 establishing standard forms for the publication of not…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Specific measures applicable to products, services and establishments

Article L521-5

When, as a result of a failure to comply with the regulations adopted for the application of the provisions of Book IV or a European Union regulation, the operating conditions of an establishment are…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Inheritance and gifts

Article 1381-1

The European Certificate of Succession provided for in Chapter VI of Regulation (EU) No 650/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on jurisdiction, applicable law, recogniti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General organisation.

Article L6141-6

…dministration is set up as a public health establishment, the provisions of Title IV of the general regulations governing civil servants shall apply to permanent or probationary civil servants in this…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Creation of accounts.

Article R123-190

The liabilities side of the balance sheet shows the following items in succession: shareholders' equity, other shareholders' equity, provisions, debts, accruals and deferred income and translation dif…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I : JOINT UNDERTAKINGS COMPOSED OF COMMUNES AND PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS OF INTERCOMMUNAL COOPERATION OR EXCLUSIVELY PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS OF INTERCOMMUNAL COOPERATION

Article L5711-5

…ive of the State in the department to withdraw from a mixed syndicate if, following a change in the regulations, in the situation of this legal entity of public law with regard to these regulations or…

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