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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Availability of consultation documents

Article L3122-4

The conceding authority offers, by electronic means, free, direct and complete access to the consultation documents, under the conditions and subject to the exceptions provided for by regulation.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Preliminary book MIXED CONCESSION CONTRACTS

Article L3000-4

Where a concession contract covers both a network operator activity and another activity which is not a network operator activity and for which it is objectively impossible to establish which activity…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Entrance fees, charges and tariffs

Article L3114-4

The amounts and methods of calculating the entry fees and royalties paid by the concessionaire to the conceding authority must be justified in the concession contract.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article L717-4

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the seat and jurisdiction of the courts of first instance and of appeal which shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear the actions and claims provided f…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General information

Article L721-4

The defence and management of a product benefiting from a geographical indication shall be ensured by a private body with legal personality. The same body may ensure the defence and management of seve…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article L713-4

The right conferred by a trade mark does not entitle its proprietor to prohibit its use in respect of goods which have been put on the market in the European Union or in the European Economic Area und…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Mortgages

Article L313-44

Where it is stated in the deed recording the loan that the loan is intended to finance real estate works or works by means of a development, construction, project management or contractor contract, th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Consumer credit

Article L312-46

No commitment may validly be entered into by the buyer with regard to the seller until the seller has accepted the credit agreement. Where this condition is not met, the seller may not receive any pay…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Consumer credit

Article L312-48

The borrower's obligations do not take effect until delivery of the goods or provision of the service.In the case of a contract of sale or provision of services with successive performance, the obliga…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Mortgages

Article L313-40

The written deed, including the unilateral promise of sale accepted and the preliminary contract provided for in the

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