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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Report presenting the procedure carried out by the contracting authorities

Article R2184-3

…reasons why a minimum annual turnover in excess of the ceiling set in articles R. 2142-6 to R. 2142-12 has been required, if these have not been indicated in the consultation documents;4° The reasons…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Receivership.

Article L631-8

…ubmitted to the court within one year of the judgment opening the proceedings. Where Article L. 621-12 has been applied, the opening judgment referred to in the first and second paragraphs is that of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Inter-municipal equalisation fund, allocations and other revenue distributed by the local finance committee

Article L2573-52

…paragraph of 3°, the last paragraph of 4° and 5° of I, Articles L. 2334-8 and L. 2334-10 à L. 2334-12, the first three paragraphs of article L. 2334-13 and I and II of Article L. 2334-14-1 are applic…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Injunction procedures.

Article 1424-5

…for in Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 1896/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 creating a European order for payment procedure.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Other conditions of access and practice.

Article R512-10

I.-Subject to the provisions of articles R. 512-9 and R. 512-12, the intermediaries referred to in 3° and 4° of I of article R. 511-2 and the employees referred to in a and c to f of 5° of the same ar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Personalised support vouchers (R)

Article R1611-13

…ird paragraph of article R. 1611-9 ;- not to send to the commission provided for in article R. 1611-12 a copy of the certificate of account opening provided for in the first paragraph of article R. 16…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Personalised support vouchers (R)

Article R1611-9

…ount".The issuer shall submit one of these copies to the commission provided for in article R. 1611-12.The issuer shall pay into these accounts, to the exclusion of all others, the funds corresponding…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security measures that may be ordered in the event of a declaration of lack of criminal responsibility on grounds of mental disorder.

Article D47-29-1

…the matter to the liberty and custody judge in accordance with the provisions of l'article L. 3211-12 of the Public Health Code in order to terminate the hospitalisation. On pain of inadmissibility,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks and authorisation

Article R2131-18

…ided for in article R. 2131-17, it appears to two of the doctors mentioned in 1° of article R. 2131-12 that there is a strong probability that the unborn child is suffering from a particularly serious…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Data processing carried out by the Agence de la biomédecine

Article R2143-11

…b) The non-identifying data mentioned in 4° of article R. 2143-1 and specified in article R. 2143-12; c) Data relating to the use of gametes and embryos for medically assisted procreation with a thi…

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