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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Territorial professional health communities

Article L1434-12-1

The territorial health professional community referred to in article L. 1434-12 is set up in the form of an association governed by the law of 1st July 1901 or, if its registered office is located in…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 5: Electronic catalogues

Article R2162-56

…specific contracts under a dynamic purchasing system by requiring that tenders be submitted in the form of an electronic catalogue. It may also award specific contracts in accordance with the provisi…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Advertising rules

Article R2162-28

…up in accordance with the model set out in the European Commission regulation establishing standard forms for the publication of notices in connection with the award of contracts.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article L225-146

…om the custodian drawn up, at the time the funds are deposited, on presentation of the subscription forms. Shares paid up by offsetting liquid and due claims on the company shall be evidenced by a cer…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Exception for people with disabilities

Article R122-20

…122-5-1 transmit to the Bibliothèque nationale de France the files of adapted documents in digital form that they have produced as soon as they make them available to the disabled persons mentioned i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 239 quater B

Public interest groupings formed and operating under the conditions provided for in Chapter II of the loi n° 2011-525 du 17 mai 2011 de simplification et d'amélioration de la qualité du droit do not f…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Simplified procedure

Article 525

…sarial debate is useful, the judge returns the file to the public prosecutor for prosecution in the forms of ordinary procedure..

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Special cases

Article 695-45

…nd the person sought consents, agree to the temporary transfer of the latter in accordance with the forms provided for in the articles 695-28 and 695-29, the first to third paragraphs of article 695-3…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Declaration of sports equipment

Article R312-4

…ransferee and, where applicable, the intended use of the property. These declarations are made on a form conforming to the model published by order of the Minister for Sport.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Branch agreements and professional agreements.

Article L2232-10-1

A branch agreement may include, where appropriate in the form of a standard agreement indicating the various choices left to the employer, specific stipulations for companies with fewer than fifty emp…

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