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Showing 19811990 of 28884 articles for Art. ier AN 25-4-2006 n° 46416

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article R621-41

When one of the legal entities referred to in II of Article L. 621-9 is temporarily or permanently banned from trading or temporarily suspended from trading, the Chairman of the Autorité des marchés f…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-41

The provisions of this sub-section govern companies formed pursuant to Title I of the Law n° 90-1258 of 31st December 1990 and whose corporate object is the joint practice of the profession of industr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article R3262-46

Failure to comply with the first and third paragraphs of article L. 3262-2, article L. 3262-3 and the second paragraph of article L. 3262-5 is punishable by a fourth-class fine. The same applies to in…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 4: Cost control of contracts awarded by the State and its public establishments

Article L2196-4

…e or its public establishments for which the special nature of the techniques, the small number of candidates with the required skills, reasons of secrecy or reasons of imperative urgency or crisis do…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2651-4

For the application of the legislative provisions of Book III to the Wallis and Futuna Islands: 1° Article L. 2311-1 reads as follows: "Art. L. 2311-1 -The provisions of Chapter I of Title I of Book I…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2681-4

For the application of the legislative provisions of Book III in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories: 1° Article L. 2311-1 reads as follows: "Art. L. 2311-1 -The provisions of Chapter I of T…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Provisions applicable to sub-contracts that do not have the nature of sub-contracts

Article R2393-42

…hen submitting the tender, it shall provide the purchaser with a declaration stating: 1° The nature and amount of the services that are the subject of the subcontract; 2° The name, business name or co…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: National Consumer Institute

Article R822-4

…rd of Directors made up of fifteen members with voting rights: 1° Five representatives of consumers and users appointed by the Minister responsible for consumer affairs; 2° Five representatives of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to requests for information received by the French services

Article 695-9-47-1

…ional unit mentioned in paragraph 2 of Article 7 of Regulation 2016/794 of 11 May 2016 on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) to duly justified requests for bank accoun…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article R50-45

For the application of 1° and 2° of Article 706-25-7, concerning persons residing in France, the proof referred to in article R. 50-44 is handed over in person to the police station or gendarmerie bri…

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