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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: General requirements of the licensing authority

Article R3123-2

The conceding authority may only require from candidates information and documents that are non-discriminatory and proportionate to the subject of the concession contract, as well as information and d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange

Article L511-28

The bearer of a bill of exchange cannot be compelled to receive payment before maturity. The drawee who pays before maturity does so at his own risk. He who pays on maturity is validly discharged, unl…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Audiovisual and Digital Communication Regulatory Authority

Article D331-21

The list of indicators, mentioned in article L. 331-17, for the development of legal supply, whether commercial or non-commercial, and for observing the use, whether legal or illegal, of works and obj…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Ordinary powers of investigation

Article L512-34

Authorised officers may apply to the liberties and detention judge for authorisation to detain, pending the necessary checks, goods suspected of not complying with the provisions of Book IV and the te…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Group action

Article L623-12

When ruling on liability, the judge may order the professional to pay an advance on costs not included in the costs incurred by the association, including those relating to the implementation of artic…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: NATIONAL DATA FILE CONTAINING INFORMATION ON CHARACTERISED PAYMENT INCIDENTS

Article L751-1

A national file records information on payment incidents linked to loans granted to natural persons for non-business purposes.This file is managed by the Banque de France, which alone is authorised to…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Search and recording

Article R531-2

The fact of offering for sale or selling, without waiting for the results of an official inspection in progress, goods recognised as not conforming to the regulations or as falsified following the inv…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Single chapter.

Article R131-4

…ars.For the determination of the order of the table of the members of the corps of administrative magistrates assigned to the court, only the date of appointment in the grade is taken into considerati…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Nationality of natural persons

Article 1043

…Office shall state, in written and reasoned submissions, whether or not it considers that there are grounds for admitting the existence of a preliminary question.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and special conditions

Article R1125-16

When an unmarried couple or woman undergoing medically assisted procreation is asked to take part in research involving the human person carried out in the context of medically assisted procreation, t…

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