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Showing 22812290 of 57889 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 12-DCC-13 du 1 Feb 2012

French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 4: Conditions relating to technical and professional capacities

Article R2142-13

The purchaser may impose conditions guaranteeing that economic operators have the human and technical resources and experience necessary to perform the contract to an appropriate standard of quality.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Cemeteries

Article R2223-13

…spection. They are invited to attend the inspection of the plot or to be represented. The same procedure may be followed with regard to the persons responsible for the maintenance of the plot. In the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Approval and authorisation

Article R532-13

Subject to the provisions of I of Article L. 532-9-1, the Autorité des marchés financiers shall be informed in advance of any proposed amendment to the factors taken into account for the authorisation…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Coordination of powers between the European Public Prosecutor, the Deputy European Public Prosecutors and the French judicial authority

Article 696-136

Where, in the cases mentioned in Article 25(6) of the aforementioned Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017, the investigating judge hearing the information refuses to relinquish jurisdi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Terms of self-employed practice

Article R4321-134

…ects the professional independence of each of them.In accordance with the provisions of article L. 4113-9, agreements, contracts and amendments are communicated to the Conseil Départemental de l'Ordre…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Exploitation rights

Article R613-13

In the cases provided for in Article L. 613-16, the matter is referred to the commission by reasoned decision of the Minister responsible for industrial property, taken at the request of the Minister…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operation

Article R6143-13

…Supervisory Boards who fall under the incompatibilities or incapacities provided for in article L. 6143-6 shall resign from their office. Failing this, they shall be declared to have resigned automati…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Administrative penalties

Article L242-13

Any breach of the provisions of articles L. 221-18, L. 221-21 and L. 221-23 to L. 221-27 governing the conditions for exercising the consumer's right of withdrawal and its effects, is punishable by an…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The alternative obligation

Article 1307-3

A debtor who has not made his choice known must, if one of the performances becomes impossible, perform one of the others.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The alternative obligation

Article 1307-2

If it results from force majeure, the impossibility of performing the chosen service discharges the debtor.

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