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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Choice of offer

Article R3124-5

…ion to submit a tender or in any other consultation document. Exceptionally, the awarding authority may change the order of the criteria to take account of the innovative nature of a solution presente…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article L4312-5

…cial regulations.The region's budgetary and financial regulations specify in particular:1° The procedures for managing programme authorisations, commitment authorisations and related payment appropria…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L734-5

…d in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 151-1 Order no. 2000-1223 of 14 December 2000 L. 151-2 Ordinance no. 2014-158 of 20 February 2014 L.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security detention and surveillance

Article 706-53-16

The security retention decision is valid for a period of one year. Security retention may be renewed, after a favourable opinion from the multidisciplinary commission on security measures, in accordan…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L356-5

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may decide to enter into an agreement with the supervisory authorities of other Member States in which there is a ultimate parent undertaking at na…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Operating conditions.

Article L4131-5

By way of derogation from Article L. 4111-1 and until 31 December 2025, the Directors General of the Regional Health Agencies of Guadeloupe, Guyana and Martinique and the State Representative in Saint…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Anti-competitive practices.

Article L420-5

…price offer or practice of selling prices to consumers that are unreasonably low in relation to production, processing and marketing costs is prohibited where the purpose of such an offer or practice…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Initial registrations

Article R521-5

…e entry is made in a register kept by the competent registrar. This registrar shall be, as the case may be, the registrar of the commercial court, the registrar of the judicial court ruling on commerc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Value added tax compensation fund

Article L1615-5

…of exception and insofar as they exceed the total expenditure shown in the investment section, they may be entered in the operating section of the said budgets to ensure the payment of interest relati…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 145-5

The remand in custody of a person who, during questioning by the investigating judge prior to referral to the liberty and custody judge, makes it known that that he/she has sole parental authority ove…

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