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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Provisions relating to measures ordered by the judge

Article 1241

…ppealing against judgments ruling on a protective measure with regard to a person of full age runs: 1° With regard to the protected person of full age, from the notification provided for in Article 12…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: Rules specific to public contracts for rail passenger transport services

Article L2522-1

Notwithstanding article L. 2500-1, the public contracts mentioned in 4° of article L. 2512-5, insofar as they relate to the public rail passenger transport service, are governed, for their award and p…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter III: RESERVATION

Article R3113-1

The conceding authority may implement the reservation provided for in articles L. 3113-1, L. 3113-2 and L. 3113-2-1 when the minimum proportion mentioned in these articles is at least 50%. The decisio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Occupational health

Article R1262-11

In the cases provided for in 1° and 2° of article L. 1262-1 and in article L. 1262-2, the user undertaking or the employer shall be responsible for the material organisation of the employee's occupati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Sanitary facilities, catering

Article R4217-1

…uildings and premises are designed and constructed in accordance with the requirements of articles: 1° R. 4228-1 to R. 4228-15, relating to sanitary installations; 2° R. 4228-22 to R. 4228-25, relatin…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Indirect taxes

Article 1794

…e and three times the value of the apparatus, objects, products or goods to which the fraud relates:1° Offences relating to stills and still portions;2° Offences relating to the fifth paragraph of Art…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Determination of death prior to sampling and conditions for taking samples

Article R1232-1

…death can only be established if the following three clinical criteria are simultaneously present: 1° Total absence of consciousness and spontaneous motor activity; 2° Abolition of all brain stem ref…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article 142-12

…l detention, impose house arrest with electronic surveillance in the cases provided for by articles 135-2, 145, 148, 201, 221-3, 272-1, 397-3, 695-34 et 696-19. This measure may be lifted, maintained,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Application procedure

Article R5221-16

If the foreign national does not reside in France, the application must be sent to: 1° If the employer is established in France, to the prefect of the département in which the establishment to which t…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Concession contracts concluded under international rules

Article L3212-1

…apply to concession contracts that must be concluded in accordance with the procedures set out in : 1° An international agreement or administrative arrangement, concluded between a Member State of the…

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