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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Rules for the award of specific contracts concluded on the basis of a dynamic purchasing system

Article R2162-50

The minimum time-limit for receipt of tenders shall be ten days from the date on which the invitation to tender is sent.However, contracting authorities other than the central public authorities liste…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Citations and meanings

Article 559-1

…writ is a service of a decision, the bailiff must have completed the steps provided for in Articles 555 to 559 within a maximum period of forty-five days from the request of the public prosecutor or t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Forward financial instruments of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-55

…eral companies belonging to the same group within the meaning of article R. 332-13 may not exceed 0.5% of the basis of spread defined in the first paragraph of article R. 332-3. Positive realisable va…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Organisation and operation of the court

Article R131-5

Decisions relating to the management and administration of the staff of the National Court of Asylum are taken, subject to the reservations set out in article R. 121-13 of the Code of Administrative J…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Advertising

Article L5213-5

…édicament et des produits de santé and the administrative authority referred to in II of Article L. 5211-2, within their respective areas of competence, may, under the conditions set out in Article L.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L5421-5

Any natural or legal person has the right to request communication of the deliberations and minutes of the deliberative assemblies of the public establishments of interdepartmental cooperation, budget…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Specific powers of the President of the Investigating Chamber

Article D43-5

In accordance with articles 41-4,41-6,99,706-153 et 778, the president of the investigating chamber has sole jurisdiction to rule on applications or appeals or disputes relating to:-to the restitution…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L8271-5

The enforcement officers referred to in article L. 8271-1-2 may, upon written request, obtain from the bodies responsible for a social protection scheme or from the funds providing paid leave services…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Aid for medical students

Article D1511-52

…their groupings may grant, alone or jointly, the housing allowance provided for in I of article L. 1511-8 of this code. The monthly amount of this allowance may not exceed 20% of the fixed monthly emo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisional suspension.

Article R811-51

The proceedings before the court shall be public. However, the court may decide that the proceedings will not be public if the receiver being sued expressly so requests or if their public nature would…

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