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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to certain offences against the rules governing public land transport services

Article 529-5-1

…hall be competent to issue enforcement orders for the increased fixed fines provided for by article 529-5 when they concern offences mentioned in article 529-3 and committed to the detriment of certai…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Legal proceedings.

Article L1251-59

Representative trade union organisations may bring all legal actions resulting from the application of this chapter on behalf of an employee without having to provide proof of a mandate from the perso…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 5: Electronic catalogues

Article R2162-56

…ue. It may also award specific contracts in accordance with the provisions of 2° of Article R. 2162-55, provided that the request to participate in the dynamic purchasing system is accompanied by an e…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 5: Electronic catalogues

Article R2162-53

The purchaser shall indicate in the contract notice, in the invitation to confirm interest or in the invitation to tender whether it authorises or requires the submission of tenders in the form of an…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 5: Electronic catalogues

Article R2162-52

Where the use of electronic means of communication is required, the purchaser may require that tenders be presented in the form of an electronic catalogue or that they include such a catalogue.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 5: Electronic catalogues

Article R2162-55

Where, as part of the procedure for awarding a framework agreement concluded with several economic operators, tenders have been submitted in the form of electronic catalogues, the purchaser may provid…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 5: Electronic catalogues

Article R2162-54

Electronic catalogues shall be drawn up by candidates or tenderers in accordance with the technical specifications and format provided by the purchaser. They shall comply with the requirements applica…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Award criteria

Article 511-9

…access to the digital files it owns for any other holder of exploitation rights to the same works;5° The artistic ambition of the restoration, assessed in particular with regard to the resources dep…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 5: Disciplinary system

Article R422-57

The members of the Disciplinary Board and their alternates shall be appointed for a term of four years, renewable once, by joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister responsible for indus…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 5: Disciplinary system

Article R422-56

…from the members of its bureau, by the Compagnie nationale des conseils en propriété industrielle; 5° Two qualified persons appointed on the proposal of the Director General of the Institut national…

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