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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Interest on arrears, flat-rate compensation and additional compensation for recovery costs

Article L3133-13

Late payment shall give rise, under the conditions set out in this sub-section, to interest on arrears, a fixed indemnity and, where applicable, additional compensation paid to the creditor by the con…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article R2511-13

…the municipal committee to the applicants appearing on the list or lists referred to above, on the basis of the programmes brought into service and vacant housing and, where applicable, in accordance…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-137

…ication for renewal includes : 1° A summary analysis of the pharmacovigilance data drawn up on the basis of the reports provided for in Article R. 5141-105; 2° Depending on the case, either an updated…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Special provisions applicable to distance contracts

Article L221-13

The trader shall provide the consumer, on a durable medium, within a reasonable period of time after the conclusion of the contract and at the latest at the time of delivery of the goods or before per…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions relating to money market instruments

Article 1343-5

…creditor, defer or stagger, up to a maximum of two years, the payment of the sums due.By special reasoned decision, he may order that the sums corresponding to the deferred instalments shall bear int…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Provisions relating to the intervention of the fund in the event of the withdrawal of authorisation from undertakings providing medical liability insurance

Article R427-13

…nt made by the beneficiaries of insurance contracts taken out by self-employed health professionals as soon as it is aware of these claims. Where applicable, the liquidator shall, at the Fund's reques…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Property tax on undeveloped land

Article 1396 bis

I.-In Mayotte, the tax base for property tax on undeveloped properties sold from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2025 by a public entity to illegal occupiers of land is subject to a reduction for the th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Amendment procedure

Article R1333-137

…activity, in accordance with the conditions laid down in sub-sections 2, 3, 4 or 5 of this section, as appropriate:1° Any change in the declarant or the holder of the registration or authorisation ;2°…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Formalities

Article R521-13

…equired. It shall state the information to which the application for amending registration relates, as well as the date of the initial registration and its serial number. The procedures for drawing up…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation

Article R1432-136

…rty days. The new notice of meeting is sent to the members of the Committee within a period of at least eight days. The committee then sits validly regardless of the number of staff representatives pr…

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