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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services in France (Incoming passport)

Article R532-19

…sanction without following the procedure set out in the preceding paragraphs.II. - The Autorité des marchés financiers may sanction any breach of the rules it is responsible for ensuring compliance wi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Transporting foreign nationals placed or held in a waiting area or administrative detention centre

Article L141-5

Under the conditions laid down in the Public Procurement Code, the State may award contracts for the transport of persons placed or held in waiting areas or administrative detention centres to persons…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Allocation

Article L2113-10

Contracts shall be awarded in separate lots, unless their subject matter does not allow separate services to be identified.The purchaser shall determine the number, size and subject matter of the lots…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Financial regime

Article L2193-14

A subcontractor who entrusts another subcontractor with the performance of part of the contract for which he is responsible is required to provide the other subcontractor with a personal and joint and…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Public contracts relating to security or the protection of the essential interests of the State

Article L2512-3

The rules defined in Title II shall apply to public contracts which require secrecy or the performance of which must be accompanied by special security measures in accordance with the legislative or r…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: General conditions

Article R2142-3

An economic operator may have recourse to the capacities of other economic operators, whatever the legal nature of the links which bind it to these operators. The purchaser may require the economic op…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Groups of economic operators

Article R2142-22

The purchaser may not require a grouping of economic operators to have a specific legal form in order to submit an application or a tender.The purchaser may require groups of economic operators to ado…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Provisions specific to framework agreements, dynamic purchasing systems and innovation partnerships

Article R2121-8

For the framework agreements and dynamic purchasing systems defined in Article L. 2125-1, the estimated value of the requirement is determined by taking into account the estimated maximum value of all…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Deadline for receipt of applications

Article R2143-1

The purchaser shall set the time limits for receipt of applications, taking into account the complexity of the contract and the time needed by economic operators to prepare their applications. In form…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Conduct of the competition

Article R2162-15

The purchaser shall publish a design contest notice under the conditions set out in articles R. 2131-12, R. 2131-13 and R. 2131-16 to R. 2131-20. If the purchaser intends to award a service contract t…

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