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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Accounting (R)

Article D3342-6

The President of the General Council attaches the mandates and supporting documents for expenditure, indicated in articles D. 1617-19 and D. 1617-20, to the issue slips that he sends to the department…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Accounting

Article D4342-6

The Chairman of the Regional Council shall attach the mandates and supporting documents for expenditure, indicated in articles D. 1617-19 and D. 1617-20, to the issue slips that he sends to the region…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial and accounting provisions

Article D5217-32

The President of the Metropolitan Council attaches the mandates and supporting documents for expenditure, indicated in articles D. 1617-19 et D. 1617-20, to the issue slips that he sends to the accoun…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-1 (art. A312-1)

…fer of a sports facility. Indicate the identity of the concession holder : Last name : First name : N° : Street name : Post code : Town: : m Deletion of a sports facility m Change of use of a sports f…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common section

Article A212-120

Candidates for the examination for the common part of the third-degree state diploma in sports education must pass tests relating to the knowledge programme set out in annex II-8 to this code. This ex…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Accounts and deposits.

Article R312-19

I. - As part of the consultation of the data contained in the national register for the identification of natural persons, provided for in the ninth paragraph of I of article L. 312-19, the institutio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-26

In the context of a clinical investigation involving an intervention that is not justified by the patient's usual care and that involves risks and constraints that are not minimal, failure by the spon…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Fees charged by commercial court registrars

Article A743-15

I.-All of the services provided by the commercial court clerk in the context of a judicial liquidation procedure listed under number 143 of the table referred to in Article A. 743-8 gives rise to the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Cases and procedure for legal separation

Article 297

A spouse against whom an application for divorce is made may make a counterclaim for legal separation. However, where the main application for divorce is based on the permanent alteration of the marri…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Choice of offer

Article R3124-4

In order to award the concession contract, the conceding authority will, in accordance with the provisions of article L. 3124-5, base itself on a number of non-discriminatory criteria. These criteria…

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