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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative control.

Article L1322-1-1

The Labour Inspector will give an explicit decision on any request made by an employer to assess the compliance of all or part of the internal regulations with the provisions of Articles L. 1321-1 to…

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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 R2122-2

The purchaser may award a contract without prior advertising or competitive tendering where, in the cases defined below, either no applications or no tenders have been submitted within the prescribed…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation

Article A212-32

The decision to authorise the training body issued by the Regional Director of Youth, Sport and Social Cohesion sets out in particular:1° The maximum number of trainees in a complete training course f…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Alpine skiing and related activities.

Article A212-192

If the Service national des métiers de l'encadrement du ski et l'alpinisme considers that there is no substantial difference, or if a substantial difference has been identified and the declarant has p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Voluntary termination of pregnancy.

Article L2445-4

For its application in New Caledonia and French Polynesia , article L. 2213-1 is amended as follows:1° The second paragraph of I is worded as follows:"When termination of pregnancy is envisaged on the…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Concession contracts awarded without prior advertising or competitive tendering

Article R3121-6

…s within the meaning of Article L. 3123-20 or unsuitable tenders within the meaning of Article R. 3124-4 have been submitted, provided that the initial terms of the contract are not substantially alte…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Criminal penalties

Article 1812

1. Infringements of the law of 16 March 1915, amended by that of 17 July 1922 relating to the prohibition of the manufacture, wholesale and retail sale and circulation of absinthe and similar liqueurs…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Regional development plan

Article L4433-10-6

…f the deliberative assembly publishes a summary of the comments and proposals submitted by the public. At the end of the consultation, the deliberative assembly of the region, department or local auth…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Postal voting.

Article R723-11

Each elector votes using a ballot paper that he or she drafts himself or herself. They may also use one of the printed ballot papers sent by certain candidates following the opinion of the committee p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Leasing

Article R754-7

I. - Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording ind…

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