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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Contract notices for contracts awarded in accordance with a formal procedure

Article R2331-8

For contracts awarded in accordance with one of the formalised procedures listed in articles R. 2324-2 to R. 2324-4, the purchaser shall publish a contract notice in the Official Journal of the Europe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article 802

In the event of a breach of the forms prescribed by law on pain of nullity or a failure to observe essential formalities, any court, including the Cour de cassation, which is seised of an application…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and New Caledonia

Article 857

…own the contested decision has its seat. In the latter case, the opposition may also be made in the forms provided for in article 856.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the implementation of a resolution measure

Article L613-55-12

…instruments into equity securities as referred to in Chapter II of Title I of Book II or into other forms of property is effected ipso jure, without the benefit of any governing provision of the Artic…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Monitoring the insurance obligation

Article A211-10

…icate must be affixed, one side visible from the outside, to a surface located forward of the plane formed by the front forks of the said vehicles.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Book II: Compulsory insurance

Article A250-2

…220-1, L. 241-1 and L. 242-1 shall make available to any person, on request, insurance application forms enabling the requirements of article R. 250-2 to be met.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title XVII: Participatory procedure agreement

Article 2067

…on for divorce or legal separation submitted following a participatory procedure agreement shall be formed and judged in accordance with the rules set out in Title VI of Book I relating to divorce..

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French Civil CodeIn force
Sub-section 1: Method of registration of mortgages

Article 2424

…rcise their rights over the said share as it exists at the time of the transfer, the price of which forms the subject of the distribution; this share is considered to be encumbered by the same securit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Reporting obligations relating to certain occupational risk factors

Article L4163-3

…o the occupational risk factors mentioned in I of article L. 4163-1 under the conditions and in the form provided for in the same article shall not constitute a presumption of failure to fulfil his ob…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Provisions specific to natural persons

Article R123-121-1

Under his own responsibility, the natural person shall file in the forms provided for in article R. 123-102, at the time of his application for registration, a certificate of delivery of the informati…

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