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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2681-6

…rench Southern and Antarctic Territories of the legislative provisions of Book V: 1° In article L. 2512-1, 2° is worded as follows: "2° A legal instrument such as an international agreement relating t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Making information available to the public

Article R5232-20

The information provided for in I and II of Article L. 5232-5 shall be made available in a dematerialised format, accessible free of charge and reusable in such a way as to allow aggregation. To this…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special tribute provisions

Article L334-1

…tragedy that occurred during the French Cup match played at the Armand-Cesari stadium in Furiani on 5 May 1992, no match or sporting event organised as part of or in conjunction with the French profes…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Persons authorised to practise the profession of pharmacy assistant

Article D4241-6

…of the professional diploma of pharmacy assistant under the conditions provided for by article L. 335-5 of the Education Code and articles…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title II: ACCESS TO THE ASYLUM PROCEDURE

Article L520-2

…ationals whose situation is governed by Book II, with the exception of the provisions of article L. 521-1 relating to the determination of the State responsible for examining the asylum application an…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Exclusion of specialised cinemas

Article D311-10

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions specific to contracts concluded by electronic means

Article 1127-3

An exception is made to the obligations referred to in 1° to 5° of Article 1127-1 and the first two paragraphs of article 1127-2 for contracts for the supply of goods or the provision of services whic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases.

Article L3811-2

For its application in Mayotte, article L. 3114-5 reads as follows: "Art. L. 3114-5. - If it is established, by order of the Minister of Health, that conditions exist in Mayotte which lead to the deve…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Acts relating mainly to contracts and agreements connected with economic activity

Article A444-152

Legality checks on the occasion of events affecting the existence of European Companies (numbers 151 and 152 of table 5) give rise, to the collection of the following fees: Service number the service…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Miscellaneous acts

Article A444-163

…nterpretative and amending deeds, as well as authorisations in general (numbers 168 to 170 in table 5), give rise to the collection of the following fees: Service number the service (table 5 of articl…

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