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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 R2122-1

…e Public Health Code and Articles L. 184-1, L. 511-11, L. 511-15, L. 511-16 and L. 511-19 to L. 511-21 of the Building and Housing Code, as well as contracts awarded to deal with health hazards define…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 7: Operating procedures of the advisory committees for the amicable settlement of disputes

Article D2197-18

…ssion of the report and the draft opinion, in compliance with the deadline prescribed in article D. 2197-21, and the number of shifts allocated to the rapporteur for handling the case. The rapporteur…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-19

…with others, only an insignificant interest in relation to the objective defined in Article L. 233-21 ; 3° The information required to prepare the consolidated financial statements cannot be obtained…

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

Article R422-33

…acknowledgement of receipt, to sell his shares under the conditions provided for in articles 19 and 21 de la loi du 29 novembre 1966 et aux articles R. 422-28 et R. 422-29. If, on expiry of this perio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L5125-32

…h deleted) ; 3° The conditions under which the holder of a pharmacy provided for in Article L. 5125-21 must be replaced by pharmacists or by pharmacy students with a minimum level of schooling; 4° The…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Hospital practitioners.

Article L6152-1

…L. 7 of the General Civil Service Code, the teaching and hospital staff mentioned in article L. 952-21 of the Education Code and the staff mentioned in article L. 6147-9 who work there: 1° Doctors, od…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Investment ratios

Article R214-27

…y market instruments which form part of their assets;2° Newly authorised UCITS may derogate from R. 214-21, R. 214-22, R. 214-23, R. 214-24 and R. 214-25 for a period of six months following the date…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Public policy

Article R3121-10

Authorisation to exceed the absolute maximum weekly working time provided for in Article L. 3121-21 is granted by the Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment. I…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Operating grants without earmarking

Article L2335-3

…the rate set for 2013 in IV of Article 31 of Finance Act 2012-1509 of 29 December 2012 for 2013.For 2014, the same compensation, to which the rates of change set for 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 ar…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Technical and safety guarantees

Article A322-41

…July 1999, which is intended to affect all or part of the equipment provided for in articles A. 322-21, A. 322-23, A. 322-26, A. 322-28, A. 322-30, A. 322-31, A. 322-35, A. 322-36, A. 322-39 and the s…

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