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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Exclusions at the discretion of the licensing authority

Article L3123-7

The conceding authority may exclude from the procedure for awarding a concession contract those persons who, during the previous three years, have had to pay damages, have been sanctioned by terminati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Regional commission, departmental or interdepartmental section

Article R2522-7

Where several regions or neighbouring departments are involved in a dispute, the parties may agree to refer the dispute to one or other of the competent commissions or sections. The minister responsib…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article D571-7

…more convictions provided for in article L. 133-6 of the code de l'action sociale et des familles, and that the person whose bulletin no. 2 has been requested cannot therefore be recruited. 2° For th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-7

…scheme may be asked to take part in performance studies which do not involve any risk or constraint and in which all the procedures are carried out and the products used in the usual way. By way of de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public health establishments specifically designed to receive people who have been imprisoned or placed in secure detention.

Article R6147-72

The provisions of articles L. 6146-10 and L. 6154-1 to L. 6154-6 do not apply in these establishments.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public health establishments specifically designed to receive people who have been imprisoned or placed in secure detention.

Article R6147-71

The assignment and appointment by the Minister of Justice of the staff mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 6141-5 to national public health establishments exclusively intended to receive p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public health establishments specifically designed to receive people who have been imprisoned or placed in secure detention.

Article R6147-70

…are chosen from the management staff of the decentralised departments of the prison administration and appointed by order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Health, after consultation wit…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b : Deductible liabilities

Article 775 bis

Annuities and compensation paid or due to the deceased as compensation for bodily injury resulting from an accident or illness are deductible from the assets of the estate at their nominal value..

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b : Deductible liabilities

Article 775 quater

…iving spouse or partner bound to the deceased by a civil solidarity pact pursuant to articles 515-6 and 763 of the Civil Code is deducted from the assets of the succession.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Transfers subject to reduced or exempt taxation

Article 707 bis

…the exercise of the right of pre-emption instituted by articles L. 412-1 to L. 412-13 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, relating to the status of tenant farming and sharecropping, or by article…

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