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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter III: Public contracts concluded by a contracting authority

Article L2513-3

Public service contracts awarded by a contracting authority providing postal services within the meaning of 5° of Article L. 1212-3 and relating to: 1° Electronic mail services provided entirely by el…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Constitution and membership.

Article L1253-3

The following are also considered to be employer groups: 1° Existing cooperative societies which develop, for the exclusive benefit of their members, the activities mentioned in article L. 1253-1 ; 2°…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Automatic exclusions

Article L2341-3

The following are excluded from defence or security contracts: 1° Persons who have been convicted of one of the offences provided for in Articles 226-13, 222-52 to 222-59 and 413-10 to 413-12 of the F…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: General provisions.

Article L1142-3

Any clause in a collective labour agreement or contract of employment which reserves the benefit of any measure whatsoever to one or more employees on the grounds of sex shall be null and void.However…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Antenatal diagnostics: prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation diagnosis

Article L2441-3

For the application in New Caledonia and French Polynesia of Article L. 2131-4 : 1° In the third paragraph, the words: "A doctor practising in a multidisciplinary prenatal diagnosis centre as defined…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Protection of debtors and borrowers

Article L322-3

All advertising and documents intended for borrowers and distributed by or on behalf of a credit intermediary within the meaning of 3° of Article L. 311-1 indicate, in an apparent manner, the extent o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article L1811-3

I.-The provisions of Chapter I of the single title of Book I of Part One mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below are applicable to the communes and their groupings in French Polynesia, in…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter IV: Performance of the concession contract by third parties

Article L3134-3

Concession contracts, with the exception of those relating to rail passenger transport mentioned in Chapter I of Title II of Book I of Part Two of the Transport Code covered by Article 5(3) of Regulat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Referral procedure of the labour inspector.

Article L3132-31

The Labour Inspector may, notwithstanding any criminal proceedings, refer the matter to the court in summary proceedings in order to order all appropriate measures to put an end to the unlawful employ…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article L712-3

Within two months of the publication of the application for registration, any person may submit written observations to the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property specifying…

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