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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2651-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this Title, the following provisions shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands to public contracts concluded by the State or its public establishments, su…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2661-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this Title, the following provisions shall apply in French Polynesia to public contracts concluded by the State or its public establishments, subject to the…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2671-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this Title, the following provisions shall apply in New Caledonia to public contracts concluded by the State or its public establishments, subject to the pow…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2681-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this Title, the following provisions shall apply in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories to public contracts concluded by the State or its public es…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Measures to boost audiovisual production

Article 916-34

In order to take account of delays in production activity linked to the introduction of health measures, works which, in addition to the conditions set out in 1° to 4° of article 311-29, have been the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition and mandate of employee representatives

Article R1233-9

I.-The mandate of a staff representative ends for the reasons and under the conditions provided for: 1° In the first paragraph of the Article 22 of Decree no. 2020-1427 of 20 November 2020 relating to…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional provisions

Article R355-12

Until 1 January 2020, insurance and reinsurance undertakings shall publish the annual information referred to in Article L. 355-5 according to the following timetable a) No later than 20 weeks after t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 231-29

Where the second paragraph of Article…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The works council and other social dialogue bodies

Article R114-58

Notwithstanding article 6 of the above-mentioned decree of 20 November 2020, the social committee of each centre is created by a decision of its board of directors.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Provisions relating to aid for the creation and distribution of short cinematographic and audiovisual works

Article 918-5

For production aid before completion granted in 2019, 2020 and 2021, the two-year period referred to in article 411-31 is extended to three years.

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