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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Availability of consultation documents

Article R3122-8

Any amendment to the consultation documents shall be communicated to all economic operators, to candidates admitted to submit a tender or to all tenderers, under conditions guaranteeing their equality…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Establishment and composition

Article D49-3

Unless otherwise provided for in the table below, the usual seat of the sentence enforcement court shall be that of the judicial court of the seat of the court of appeal.COURS D'APPELJUDICIAL COURTS s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Establishment and composition

Article D49-5

When the enforcement court examines a case falling within its jurisdiction, at least one of the enforcement judges shall be from the court within whose jurisdiction the sentenced person is imprisoned…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Establishment and composition

Article D49-4

…designate each year, by order, following the opinion of the general assembly of judges of the court and the opinion of the presidents of the judicial courts concerned, the enforcement judges entrusted…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Establishment and composition

Article D49-7

The functions of the public prosecutor at the enforcement of sentences court are carried out by the public prosecutor at the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the court sits.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Establishment and composition

Article D49-6

The sentence enforcement court shall have a registry. The duties of secretary and court clerk of the court shall be performed by one or more court clerks of the judicial courts within the jurisdiction…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Agreement

Article D5134-3

…specifies in particular : 1° A description of the activities envisaged; 2° The number of positions and the nature of the employment contracts giving entitlement to the aid whose creation is envisaged…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Agreement

Article D5134-5

…rovide, at his request, any information needed to verify the proper implementation of the agreement and the reality of the jobs created.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Agreement

Article D5134-4

No recruitment may take place before the date on which the agreement is signed.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Agreement

Article D5134-6

…ion of article L. 5134-3, with public or contracted educational establishments are examined, signed and terminated by the education authorities and carried out under their supervision, when the planne…

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