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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tourist municipalities.

Article L133-11

…fit from tourism, under the conditions referred to in the second paragraph of II of article L. 2334-7 of the General Local Authorities Code, in its version prior to article 150 of law no. 2015-1785 of…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Grouping of orders

Article L2113-8

A grouping of orders may be formed with purchasers from other Member States of the European Union, provided that this choice has not been made with the aim of evading the application of national provi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Combating the international spread of disease.

Article L3845-1

Articles L. 3115-1, L. 3115-2, L. 3115-6 and L. 3115-7, in the version resulting fromOrder No. 2017-44 of 19 January 2017, are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, subject to the adaptati…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R355-11

Insurance or reinsurance undertakings may decide to publish in the report referred to in Article L. 355-5 any information or explanations relating to their solvency and financial position other than t…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Supporting documents and other evidence of the absence of grounds for exclusion

Article R2343-10

…or establishment do not issue the supporting documents and evidence referred to in Articles R. 2143-7 to R. 2143-9 and Article R. 2343-8, or where these do not mention all the grounds for exclusion fr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Prevention of business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures

Article L611-10-3

…rescinded. The president of the court or the court that decides on the resolution of the agreement may also order the forfeiture of any payment period granted pursuant to the fifth paragraph of artic…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Challenging the measures imposed

Article L733-13

The judge hearing the dispute provided for in article L. 733-10 takes all or some of the measures defined in articles L. 733-1, L. 733-4 and L. 733-7. In all cases, the proportion of resources require…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions.

Article L6125-1

…establishment providing medical care in breach of the provisions of articles L. 6122-1 and L. 6122-7 is punishable by a fine of 150,000 euros. The same penalty shall apply to failure to comply with t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Registrations and amending registrations carried out ex officio

Article R123-306

The registered person may, within six months of the deletion made pursuant to articles R. 123-304 and R. 123-305, as long as it demonstrates that it has regularised its situation, refer the matter to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation (R).

Article R1221-9

…ecifies the Council's guidelines and policy in carrying out its work, and assesses its activity. It may recommend general measures likely to improve the training of local elected representatives and e…

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