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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article R3371-3

…e local authority shall produce the certificates issued by the competent local authorities and bodies. The taxes, levies, contributions or social security contributions listed in the order annexed to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Projects subject to authorisation.

Article L752-1

Commercial authorisation is required for projects involving:1° The creation of a retail shop with a sales area of more than 1,000 square metres, resulting either from a new construction or from the co…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Creation

Article L5211-5

I. - Without prejudice to the provisions of article L. 5212-2, the perimeter of the public intercommunal cooperation establishment may be set by order of the State representative in the department whe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Validation and checks carried out by the presidents of the chambers of trades and crafts

Article L123-46

A person who has fully complied with the validations and checks carried out pursuant to articles L. 123-43 to L. 123-45 is registered in the national register of companies as a "company in the trades…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: The National Insurance School.

Article L412-1

…ir professional bodies and national federations and unions of insurance companies, agents and brokers. The Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers receives these payments on behalf of the Ecole Nat…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article D351-2

…formation, are set out inarticle R. 4421-4 of the General Local Authorities Code, reproduced below:"Art. R. 4421-4 of the General Local Authorities Code.When the sites council sits in a formation know…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Contracts awarded without advertising or competitive tendering on account of their value or subject-matter

Article R2122-3

The purchaser may award a contract without prior advertising or competitive tendering where the works, supplies or services can only be provided by a specific economic operator, for one of the followi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XIV : Taxation of economic interest groupings and their members

Article 239 quater

…conditions provided for in articles L. 251-1 to L. 251-23 of the French Commercial Code do not fall within the scope of 1 of article 206, but each of their members is personally liable, for the share…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Rates

Article 278-0 B

…of goods, other than works of art, are subject to the rate laid down for the supply of the same goods. II. II - The supply of work under contract is subject to the rate laid down for the supply of goo…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Advisory Committee

Article 232-34

The Selective Operating Aid Commission is made up of fifteen members appointed for a renewable term of three years: 1° A qualified public figure, chairman; 2° Three elected representatives of local an…

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