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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter IV: Public contracts concluded by a contracting entity

Article L2514-1

Public contracts concluded by a contracting entity for the purchase of water are subject to the rules defined in Title II, when this entity carries out one of the activities relating to drinking water…

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

Article L2513-2

The same rules apply to public contracts concluded by a contracting authority whose main purpose is to enable the provision or operation of public electronic communications networks or the provision t…

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

Article L717-1

Infringement of the prohibitions laid down in Articles 9, 10, 13 and 15 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of 14 June 2017 on the European Union trade mark shall constitute an infringement giving rise to ci…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Separation as to property.

Article 1539

If, during the marriage, one of the spouses entrusts the other with the administration of his or her personal property, the rules of mandate apply. The mandating spouse is, however, exempt from render…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules specific to farm leases.

Article 1765

If, in a farm lease, the land is given a lesser or greater extent than that which it actually has, there shall be no increase or decrease in price for the farmer, except in the cases and according to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Trial of offences committed in court

Article 675

Subject to the provisions of articles 342 and 457, offences committed at the hearing shall be tried, ex officio or at the request of the public prosecutor, in accordance with the following provisions,…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Role of sports federations

Article R231-4

The federation's competent governing body shall appoint a doctor, in accordance with the conditions set out in the federation's medical regulations, to coordinate the examinations provided for under t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1a: Contracts Committee

Article L2315-44-3

The members of the Contracts Committee are appointed by the Social and Economic Committee from among its full members. The rules of procedure of the social and economic committee set out the committee…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Content of the agreement.

Article L2372-6-1

The agreement referred to in Article L. 2372-2 also provides, for all rules relating to employee profit-sharing, for a level at least equivalent to that existing in the company being split up or which…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Financing.

Article L3253-18

The insurance is financed by employer contributions based on the remuneration used to calculate contributions to the unemployment insurance scheme. The collection, control and litigation of these cont…

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