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French Public procurement codeIn force
Appendix

Article Annexe préliminaire

…of the energy and environmental impact of motor vehicles in the award of public contracts Appendix 12 Order on the electronic signature of public procurement contracts Appendix 13 Order laying down t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
New regulatory part

Article Annexe à l'article R314-3

…RT II-Calculation of the Annual Percentage Rate of Charge (APR) for credit governed by Articles L. 312-1 et seq. and by articles L. 315-1 et seq. Notes a) The sums paid on either side at different tim…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Cooperation and exchange of information

Article L311-59

…referred to in Article L. 311-11, when it adopts the measures provided for in III of Article L. 311-12 of the same code, and when it draws up the report provided for in Article L. 311-14, the resoluti…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Services provided by an institution for occupational retirement provision established in another Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L370-2

…res referred to in article L. 3332-15 of the French Labour Code, in accordance with article L. 3334-12 of that code. The Supervisory Boards shall comply with the provisions of article L. 214-164 of th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L2412-1

…administrator of a social security fund mentioned inarticle L. 231-11 of the Social Security Code; 12° Employee representative in a chamber of agriculture, mentioned inarticle L. 515-1 of the rural a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Combating alcoholism and smoking.

Article L3822-4

…of Article L. 3511-3 and the second paragraph of Article L. 3515-7 shall not apply;2° Article L. 3512-4 is amended as follows:a) The words: "sale of a tobacco product at a price lower than that appro…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Financing conditions

Article 311-9

…ion in the case of an international co-production, and must include a minimum cash contribution of €12,000 per hour for works in the fiction, animation and creative documentary genres and €20,000 per…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Single chapter: Treatment of over-indebtedness

Article R771-2

For the application of Article R. 771-1: 1° In Article R. 712-5, references to the provisions of Article L. 811-1 are replaced by references to locally applicable provisions having the same purpose; 2…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Temporary documents issued when applying for a residence permit

Article R431-15-2

…cessing of an application for the first issue of the residence permit referred to in article L. 426-12 does not authorise the holder to work, unless it is issued in application of article L. 426-13 an…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Categories of revenue

Article L2573-43

…replaced by the following provisions: "1° Les produits des redevances pour services rendus;"2° Les 12°, 13°, 14° et 15° deviennent respectivement : 2°, 3°, 4° et 5°.

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