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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Approval of circuits.

Article R331-44

The authority that issued the approval may, at any time, verify or have verified compliance with the conditions under which the approval was granted.Approval may be withdrawn or suspended for a maximu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Economic, social, environmental and trade union training leave

Article L2145-7

…ocial and environmental training leave and trade union training leave taken per year by an employee may not exceed twelve days. It may not exceed eighteen days for course and session leaders.The durat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Chiropodists.

Article L4322-5

Persons who have proved that they were regularly practising the profession of chiropodist on 1 May 1946 and who have received authorisation may perform, for life, the acts within the competence of chi…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Interruption of the payment period

Article R2192-27

…by law or by the contract, or where these are incorrect or inconsistent, the time limit for payment may be interrupted once by the contracting authority.For contracting authorities with a public accou…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Publication

Article R2331-11

Publications at national level may not be made before the request for publication in the Official Journal of the European Union has been sent to the Publications Office of the European Union.These pub…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Contractual clauses

Article R3135-1

The concession contract may be amended when the amendments, regardless of their amount, have been provided for in the initial contractual documents, in the form of clear, precise and unequivocal revie…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Recourse in the event of non-acceptance and non-payment.

Article L511-47

Any obligor against whom recourse is exercised or who is exposed to recourse may demand, against reimbursement, the surrender of the bill of exchange with the protest and an acquitted account. Any end…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Rights of the seller of furniture, claims and restitutions.

Article L624-18

…or compensated between the debtor and the buyer at the date of the judgment opening the proceedings may be claimed. Insurance compensation subrogated to the property may be claimed under the same cond…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 13: Availability of spare parts for medical equipment

Article D224-49

…s with certificates issued in accordance with Directive 93/42/EEC concerning medical devices, which may be placed on the French market until 26 May 2024, pursuant to paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 120…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Accounting

Article L2543-10

…provisions relating to the recovery of public funds. Objections against claims by the commune that may be brought before the judicial courts are lodged by way of action. The commune may defend the ac…

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