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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Interruption of the payment period

Article R2192-27

Where the request for payment does not include all the documents and information required by law or by the contract, or where these are incorrect or inconsistent, the time limit for payment may be int…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 321-27

Support for the production of immersive works is granted to help defray all production costs and costs aimed at facilitating market access for the work, in particular costs of technical adaptation to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article R4422-27

…ay following the publication of the order of the Prefect of Corsica provided for in article R. 4422-8..

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 1: Declarations for registration purposes

Article R123-244

…anies, the existence of the domiciliation contract provided for in articles R. 123-167 and R. 123-168, the date on which it was signed, the name or corporate name of the domiciliary company, its uniqu…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The jury

Article A212-27

…ation of the certification tests delegated to the training body in application of article R. 212-10-8 are set by the regional director of youth, sport and social cohesion in the authorisation decision…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Communal property

Article L2542-27

…basis, when a thirty-year, fifty-year, hundred-year or perpetual plot, granted before 11 November 1918 to persons who, on 22 January 1949, held German nationality and had left French territory, has ce…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-24-1

…he majority required to approve one of the transactions mentioned in the first paragraph of article 27 of Law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 relating to professional non-trading companies is that prov…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R61-27

…the sentenced person's obligations, in accordance with the provisions of Articles R. 544-5, R. 544-8 and R. 544-9 of the same code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: EC verification.

Article R5221-27

As part of the EC verification procedure, the manufacturer shall submit to an authorized body for inspection devices manufactured in conformity with an approved type as described in an EC type-examina…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Notification procedure.

Article R1123-24

…liberated on the project, the category to which they belong, their status as experts or specialists;8° Its reasoning.The Data Protection Committee will forward all opinions to the competent authority…

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