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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Formulation of technical specifications

Article R2111-10

Technical specifications formulated in terms of performance or functional requirements are sufficiently precise to enable candidates to know exactly what the contract is about and to enable the purcha…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Competitive dialogue

Article R2161-24

The purchaser defines its needs and requirements in the contract notice and, where appropriate, in a functional programme or a partially defined project.The arrangements for the dialogue, the award cr…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Notification of the contract

Article R2182-5

The contracts of local authorities, their groupings and their public establishments take effect on the date of receipt of notification of the contract to the contractor, subject to compliance with the…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Principle of advance payment

Article R2191-3

The purchaser shall grant an advance payment to the holder of a contract where the initial amount of the contract is greater than 50,000 euros excluding tax and where the performance period is greater…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Cost control of contracts awarded by the State and its public establishments

Article R2196-10

The decision to carry out a cost audit is taken by the authority that signed the contract subject to audit or, where the cost estimate is made before the contract is notified, by the authority respons…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Quasi-machines

Article R4313-7

The manufacturer, importer or any other person responsible for placing partly completed machinery on the market shall ensure, before it is placed on the market, that: 1° The relevant technical documen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Investment ratios

Article R214-21

…a belong, or if they are securities issued by the social debt redemption fund ; 2° May invest up to 25% of its assets in bonds issued by a single entity if these securities are obligations foncières i…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisional prices

Article R2112-17

The State, its public establishments other than those of an industrial and commercial nature, local authorities, their public establishments and their groupings may only conclude a contract at provisi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Shared functions

Article R6132-16

I.-The support institution is responsible for purchasing policy, planning, strategy and management control for all contracts and amendments thereto. It is responsible for awarding contracts and amendm…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custodian

Article L214-10

…pointed. In accordance with the conditions laid down in the general regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers, the appointment of the custodian is evidenced by a written contract. This contra…

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