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Showing 46914700 of 49667 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 15-DCC-47 du 5 May 2015

French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Formulation of technical specifications

Article R2311-5

…on civil technical specifications; 4° National civil standards transposing international standards; 5° Other international civil standards; 6° Other technical reference systems drawn up by European st…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Allocation

Article L2313-5

Defence or security contracts may be awarded in separate lots. The purchaser determines the number, size and subject of the lots.It may limit the number of lots for which a single economic operator ma…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medical transport.

Article L6312-5

…al transport;-the categories of persons authorised to carry out medical transport, their respective duties and the qualifications and composition of crews;-the procedures for the issue by the regional…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Penalties applicable.

Article L3421-5

…ers of the judicial police mentioned in article 20 and 1° ofarticle 21 of the code of criminal procedure are empowered, for the purposes of investigating and establishing the offence provided for in t…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedure for calculating the amount of the advance

Article R2391-5

The purchaser may increase the amount of the advance payment above 30% of the amount calculated in accordance with the provisions of article R. 2391-4. In this case, it may make payment conditional up…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for selecting health care organisations

Article R6113-57

I.-At the end of the call for applications procedure, the Agence technique de l'information sur l'hospitalisation will analyse the sample of establishments selected in application of article R. 6113-5…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Other contracts

Article L2512-5

…tion of technological demonstrators, with the exception of the creation and qualification of pre-production prototypes, tooling and industrial engineering, industrial design and manufacturing. Technol…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-5

…ated on the Continental Shelf, done at Rome on 10 March 1988 and revised at London on 14 October 2005, may be prosecuted and tried under the conditions laid down in Article 689-1 any person guilty of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Responsibilities.

Article R2513-5

…s out the missions mentioned in article L. 1424-2, in accordance with the provisions of article L. 2513-3, under the following conditions:a) Under the direction and according to the orders of the mayo…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Pre-contractual information obligation

Article L222-5

…the professional and of any person acting on his behalf;2° Information relating to the financial products, instruments and services offered;3° The right of withdrawal;4° The contractual terms and cond…

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