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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Duties of the agent

Article L2422-6

The purpose of a project management contract is to entrust the agent with the exercise of some or all of the powers referred to in Article L. 2421-1, of all or some of the following: 1° Defining the a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medically assisted procreation.

Article L2162-6

As stated in Article 511-25 of the Criminal Code, reproduced below:"I Carrying out the activities required to receive a human embryo under the conditions set out in article L. 2141-6 of the Public Hea…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions common to the various councils.

Article L4233-6

Subject to articles L. 4232-4, L. 4232-6, L. 4232-13 and L. 4232-14, the members of the councils and delegations of the Ordre des pharmaciens are elected by a single-ballot majority system. Each pair…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Financial provisions

Article L5722-6

Mixed syndicates comprising only local authorities or groupings with their own tax status may also introduce, under the conditions provided for in article L. 5211-21, the tourist tax or the flat-rate…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Research on the human embryo, human embryonic stem cells and human induced pluripotent stem cells

Article L2163-6

As stated in Article 511-19 of the Criminal Code, reproduced below:Art. 511-19.-I.-The fact of carrying out a study or research on the human embryo:1° Without having first obtained the written consent…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 3: Filing of accounting documents and declaration of confidentiality of annual accounts

Article A123-61

To carry out the electronic transmission of the accounting documents provided for in the second paragraph of Article R. 123-111, accompanied, where applicable, by the declaration of confidentiality of…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 696-50

The obligations to which a person may be required to submit in the executing State are as follows: 1° An obligation on the person to inform a specific authority of any change of residence; 2° A prohib…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Expenditure taken into account

Article 511-6

Expenditure taken into account for the award of grants is :1° Expenditure on physical restoration, digitisation and, where applicable, digital restoration;2° For silent films, expenditure on recreatin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Injunctions to perform

Article L238-6

If the special meeting of preference shareholders is not consulted under the conditions provided for in articles L. 228-35-6, L. 228-35-7 and L. 228-35-10, the president of the court ruling in summary…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Self-employed foreign nationals

Article L421-6

As an exception to article L. 433-6, a foreign national who applies for a multi-annual residence permit bearing the wording "entrepreneur/self-employed" and who holds a residence permit issued for ano…

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