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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Recourse to arbitration by purchasers governed by public law

Article L2197-6

Notwithstanding the provisions of the first paragraph of article 2060 of the Civil Code, recourse to arbitration for the settlement of disputes between public entities and their co-contractors in the…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to the formation of a company dedicated to carrying out the project

Article L2213-6

The contribution made by the State, local authorities or other public bodies to the financing of investments may take the form of a minority shareholding in the capital of the licensee when the latter…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: Contracts awarded without prior publication or competitive tendering

Article L2322-1

The purchaser may award a defence or security contract without prior advertising or competitive tendering in the cases laid down by regulation when, due in particular to the existence of an unsuccessf…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: Pooling

Article L3112-4

Concession contracts entered into by a consortium in which local authorities or local public bodies hold a majority stake are subject to the rules set out in this Part and in the preliminary chapter o…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Information report to the conceding authority

Article L3131-5

Each year, the concessionaire produces a report including, in particular, accounts showing all operations relating to the performance of the concession contract and an analysis of the quality of the w…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Rules for the award of specific contracts concluded on the basis of a dynamic purchasing system

Article R2162-51

The specific contract shall be awarded to the tenderer who has submitted the most economically advantageous tender on the basis of the award criteria set out in the contract notice or, where the call…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article R122-5

The sale price of each work taken into consideration for the collection of droit de suite is, exclusive of tax, the auction price in the case of a sale by public auction and, for other sales, the tran…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Exceptions for text and data mining

Article R122-28

The objection referred to in III of Article L. 122-5-3 does not have to be substantiated and may be expressed by any means. In the case of content made available to the public online, this objection m…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 10: Revolving credit

Article L312-68

Where the revolving credit is accompanied by a card giving entitlement to benefits of any kind, the benefit of these benefits may not be made conditional on payment on credit.In this case, the credito…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Formation of the credit agreement and the main agreement

Article L341-40

It is an offence for the lender to cause the borrower or the declared guarantors to subscribe to, or to receive from them, acceptance of the offer without the offer bearing a date or in the event that…

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