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Showing 29112920 of 35842 articles for Art. 473 · Cass. 1re civ. avis 6 December 2018 · Cass. 1re civ. 19 March 2014 · CA Paris 20 November 2014

French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Duties of the agent

Article L2422-6

…to in Article L. 2421-1, of all or some of the following: 1° Defining the administrative and technical conditions under which the work will be designed and executed; 2° Preparing, awarding and signin…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia and New Caledonia

Article D351-6

Sont applicables en Polynésie française et en Nouvelle-Calédonie, sous réserve des adaptations prévues à l'article D. 351-7, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the tab…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: The Director (R)

Article R2221-68

…onsible for the operation of the régie's departments. To this end: 1° He prepares the budget; 2° He carries out, under the authority of the mayor, current sales and purchases, under the conditions set…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Alert procedure.

Article R234-6

…ered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. Within eight days of their receipt, the manager communicates the invitation and the auditor's report to the works council or, failing this, to the employee…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Personal data protection committees and competent authority

Article L1123-6

I.- Before carrying out research involving the human person, the sponsor submits the project for the opinion of a personal data protection committee designated at random from among the available commi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Creation, transfer or regrouping

Article R5125-6

The rules of priority and precedence provided for in article L. 5125-20 are assessed among applications for the creation or transfer of a pharmacy or the grouping of pharmacies in the same municipalit…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to offences relating to stopping or parking vehicles

Article A37-6

…fences relating to stopping or parking vehicles which are punishable by articles R. 417-1 to R. 417-6 and R. 417-10 to R. 417-13 of the Highway Code, when they are subject to the fixed fine procedure,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Coordination of powers between the European Public Prosecutor, the Deputy European Public Prosecutors and the French judicial authority

Article 696-135

Where, in the cases referred to in Article 25(6) of the aforementioned Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017, the public prosecutor to whom the investigation has been referred refuses t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to confiscation orders issued by French courts

Article 713-6

In principle, the confiscation order is transmitted for enforcement to a single State. If the confiscation order relates to specific items of property, the public prosecutor shall transmit it, togethe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to electronic voting

Article R4311-64

…electronic voting via the Internet is organised within the framework laid down by Act no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978, as amended, relating to information technology, files and civil liberties and in com…

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