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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Payment by purchasing card for contracts of legal entities governed by public law with a public accountant

Article R2192-37

…tion card as a means of executing contracts under the conditions set out in decree no. 2004-1144 of 26 October 2004 on the execution of contracts by acquisition card.The following may not be performed…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: WORKS

Article R2412-1

…e extractive industries and Section C relating to manufacturing industry of Decree no. 2007-1888 of 26 December 2007 approving the nomenclatures of French activities and products;2° Power generation p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Exercise of control

Article L633-9

Notwithstanding Act 68-678 of 26 July 1968 on the disclosure of economic, commercial, industrial, financial or technical documents and information to foreign natural or legal persons, any entity estab…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Sociétés coopératives ouvrières de production, agricultural cooperatives and public companies.

Article L3323-10

…1, with the exception of those for which these provisions applied by virtue of Decree no. 87-948 of 26 November 1987 in its version prior to 1 January 2005.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article R225-60

…stributes among its members, where applicable under the conditions provided for in Article L. 22-10-26, the overall sums allocated to them in the form of attendance fees; in particular, it may allocat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 5: Changes to the initial conditions governing the composition and operation of the communauté de communes

Article L5842-24

I. - The articles L. 5214-26 to L. 5214-29 are applicable in French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II.II. - For the application of'article L. 5214-28 :1° The sentence: " b) Or wh…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-37

…enter into financial contracts under the conditions laid down in articles R. 214-32-22 to R. 214-32-26 and in the last paragraph of I of article R. 214-32-29.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Criminal provisions

Article R1227-7

…by a fourth-class fine: 1° Articles L. 1221-13, L. 1221-15 and L. 1221-15-1, D. 1221-23 to R. 1221-26, relating to the single personnel register ; 2° Articles L. 1221-17 and R. 1221-32 to R. 1221-33,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Common provisions.

Article D711-71-1

…xecutive committee by electronic means, under the conditions set out in the decree no. 2014-1627 of 26 December 2014 relating to the procedures for organising remote deliberations of collegiate admini…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section: Economic and financial control of the "Health Data Platform".

Article R1462-1

…mic and financial control under the conditions laid down by Articles 5 to 8 of Decree No. 55-733 of 26 May 1955 on State economic and financial control and by this section. This control is exercised b…

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