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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Public billing portal

Article L2192-5

A shared solution, made available by the State and known as the "public invoicing portal", enables invoices to be submitted, received and transmitted in electronic form. To implement the obligations l…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1 : Issue of plant variety certificates

Article L623-5

…r to the date of filing of the application for a plant variety certificate, or in the case of trees and vines for more than six years prior to the said date, the variety shall not be deemed to be new.…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Rights attached to the deposit

Article L622-5

Any third party is prohibited from:- reproducing the protected topography;- commercially exploiting or holding, transhipping, using, exporting or importing for that purpose any such reproduction or an…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2122-5

…ency employees involved in municipal accounting, the assessment, collection or control of all taxes and duties may not be mayors or deputy mayors, nor may they perform their duties, even temporarily,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI: Provisions specific to French Guiana

Article L4436-5

…majority of its members, to take up any issues falling within the remit of the region or department and of direct interest to the environment, living environment or cultural activities of the Amerindi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Illegal practice.

Article L4161-4

…the illegal practice of medicine, dentistry or the profession of midwife, doctors, dental surgeons and midwives and the trade unions concerned may bring cases before the courts by way of direct summo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L1321-5

…ble, the local authority benefiting from the transfer of competencies succeeds to all of its rights and obligations. It is substituted for the previously competent local authority in contracts of any…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Territorial Council

Article LO6251-5

…e may be, adapt the legislative or regulatory provisions in force to the particular characteristics and constraints of the collectivity. The request for empowerment to adapt a legislative or regulator…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Territorial Council

Article LO6351-5

…e may be, adapt the legislative or regulatory provisions in force to the particular characteristics and constraints of the collectivity. The request for empowerment to adapt a legislative or regulator…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Timeshare contract.

Article L1252-5

When the employee is made available outside mainland France, the timeshare contract contains a clause covering the repatriation of the employee at the expense of the timeshare company.This clause beco…

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