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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Purchasing pooling

Article L2313-3

…ok or with the objectives of Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of procedures for the award of certain works contracts, by contracti…

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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

…e the acquisition 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…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Public prosecutor's delegates and mediators

Article R15-33-32

…judicial court; 2° A copy of the articles of association and, where applicable, the internal rules; 3° A list of the association's establishments with an indication of their registered offices; 4° A s…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Tests and analyses

Article R512-35

…tories shall use the methods of analysis or testing defined in Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 as amended on official controls…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Compensation for damage resulting from the implementation of health measures mentioned in articles L. 3131-1, L. 3134-1 and L. 3135-1

Article R3131-3-3

…e Office shall decide :1° Whether the act in question was performed within the scope of articles L. 3131-1, L. 3134-1 or L. 3135-1 ;2° On the existence of a causal link between the harm suffered by th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Public prosecutor's delegates and mediators

Article R15-33-33

…of a conviction, incapacity or disqualification mentioned on bulletin no. 2 of the criminal record; 3° Present guarantees of competence, independence and impartiality; 4° Not be over 75 years of age;…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Discipline of commercial court judges.

Article L724-3-3

…d after the expiry of a period of one year from an irrevocable decision terminating the proceedings;3° Contains a detailed statement of the alleged facts and grievances;4° Is signed by the litigant an…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Transfer to the State responsible for examining the claim

Article L572-3

…y not be initiated in the case of systemic failures in the State in question referred to in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Access to documents

Article R8113-3-3

The right to obtain documents or information from third parties as defined in Article L. 8113-5-2 is exercised, in the context of an investigation into one or more offences constituting illegal employ…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Referral to the civil or administrative courts

Article L524-3

…ings or on application, under the conditions provided for in the 8 of the I of article 6 of law no. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 for confidence in the digital economy, to any person mentioned in 2 of I of…

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