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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The local authority's budget and accounts

Article D6261-9

In application of article LO 6261-4, for the local authority and its public establishments, the investment section of the budget may include programme authorisations and the operating section may incl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The local authority's budget and accounts

Article D6361-9

In application of article LO 6361-4, for the local authority and its public establishments, the investment section of the budget may include programme authorisations and the operating section may incl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: EC type-examination

Article R4313-37

Before displaying, offering for sale, selling, importing, hiring out, making available or transferring for any purpose whatsoever a new item of machinery or personal protective equipment which has bee…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-11

I.-The prices of the services covered by a contract are: 1° Either unit prices applied to the quantities actually delivered or performed; 2° Or lump-sum prices applied to all or part of the contract,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-12

In order to organise its purchasing, the national council of the order may pool its requirements with other national councils: 1° Either in the form of central purchasing bodies, under the conditions…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Time limits

Article R4126-10

The six-month period provided for in article L. 4124-1 runs from the date of receipt by the Disciplinary Chamber of first instance of the complete complaint file. On expiry of this period, any party m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Practice of the profession by postgraduate students, including when on leave of absence

Article D4131-3

The Conseil départemental de l'ordre may only grant authorisation if the postgraduate student concerned, including those placed on leave of absence, has attained the level of study set out in Appendix…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Dematerialised service

Article R5132-1-23

The personal data recorded in the processing is kept for a period of twenty-four months from the date of completion of the pathway to integration through economic activity, or from the date of collect…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional activity.

Article R5425-1

Taking up a professional activity or following paid training does not prevent the resumption of payment of the specific solidarity allowance or the allowance for self-employed workers.In the case of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-140

The information provided for in Articles R. 5121-138 and R. 5121-139 is written in French. They may also be written in other languages, provided that the same information appears in all the languages…

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