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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R2344-5

Where the purchaser considers that the number of suitable candidates is too small to ensure genuine competition, it may suspend the procedure and republish the call for tenders, setting a new deadline…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Declaration of subcontracting after notification of the contract

Article R2393-27

When the declaration of subcontracting is made after the contract has been notified, the contractor shall submit to the purchaser, against a receipt or by registered letter with acknowledgement of rec…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-32

When a partner intends to withdraw from the company, he shall notify the company of his decision by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. The company has six months from this notification…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Employee inventions

Article R611-9

Any declaration or communication emanating from the employee or the employer shall be made by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by any other means which provides proof that it has b…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Statement of liabilities drawn up by the commission

Article R723-2

The call to creditors provided for in Article L. 723-1, which the commission may have carried out in order to draw up the statement of liabilities, shall be published at the request of the commission…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Closure of the investigation

Article R532-22

Where the parties are informed of the date of the hearing at least two months before it, they are informed by the same letter of the date on which the investigation will be closed. This information do…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L3221-4-1

The president of the departmental council or, where he is the authority holding traffic police powers, the mayor or the president of the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation may set, fo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Research and technological development

Article L4252-3

Each region has a regional advisory committee for research and technological development placed under the regional council. A decree in the Council of State determines the socio-professional groups an…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Responsibilities

Article L4422-36

The Corsican Economic, Social, Environmental and Cultural Council is consulted in advance by the President of the Corsican Executive Council on: the draft sustainable development plan for Corsica and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Regional development plan

Article L4433-10-1

The president of the deliberative assembly of the region, department or local authority adopts the draft plan and submits it for an opinion: 1° To the associated public bodies listed in II of Article…

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