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

Article L2513-4

The same rules apply to public contracts concluded or organised by a contracting authority exercising one or more of the activities mentioned in 2° of article L. 1212-3 and which relate to the explora…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General and financial provisions.

Article L5321-4

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the conditions under which one or more of the Agency's support and back-up services may be pooled with one or more services of other bodies pursuant to A…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Liabilities and sanctions.

Article L651-4

For the application of the provisions of Article L. 651-2, ex officio or at the request of one of the persons mentioned in article L. 651-3, the president of the court may instruct the juge-commissair…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Automatic exclusions

Article L2141-4

Persons are excluded from the contract award procedure if: 1° They have been sanctioned for failure to comply with the obligations set out in Articles L. 8221-1, L. 8221-3, L. 8221-5, L. 8231-1, L. 82…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: BODIES OF THE MUNICIPALITY

Article L2124-4

The formal notice provided for in article L. 2124-3 must indicate the time limit given to the mayor or president of the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation to respond to the representa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions specific to certain institutions and organisations.

Article L6147-4

The public health establishment of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon is subject to the provisions of this code, with the proviso that its supervisory board includes, in addition to the members mentioned in 1°,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Negotiating and formalising the commercial relationship

Article L441-4

I.-This article applies to the agreement mentioned in I of article L. 441-3 when it relates to mass-market products defined as non-durable products that are consumed frequently and repeatedly. The lis…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Guaranteeing employees' purchasing power.

Article L3231-4

The guarantee of employees' purchasing power provided for in 1° of article L. 3231-2 is ensured by indexing the minimum growth wage to changes in the national consumer price index established as a ref…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial assistance for employees, company directors or managers.

Article L7233-4

The financial assistance of the social and economic committee and that of the company paid in favour of employees do not have the character of remuneration for the application of employment legislatio…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Interest rates

Article L341-48

Where a conventional loan is usurious, excessive collections under articles L. 314-1 to L. 314-9 are automatically deducted from the normal interest due at the time and, subsidiarily, from the princip…

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