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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R2192-12

Subject to the provisions of articles R. 2192-13, R. 2192-17 and R. 2192-18, the payment period runs from the date of receipt of the request for payment by the contracting authority or, if the contrac…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The judgment adopting the plan and the implementation of the plan.

Article L626-12

Without prejudice to the application of the provisions of Article L. 626-18, the duration of the plan is set by the court. It may not exceed ten years. Where the debtor is a person engaged in an agric…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tests to verify knowledge

Article R4221-12

…time basis, in a host structure listed in the order referred to in article R. 4221-7-1, where applicable in the medical biology speciality, for a period of two years. The Director General of the Cent…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter XII: Action to combat discrimination.

Article 1263-1

…heir articles of association, to combat discrimination may bring legal actions arising from the loi n° 2008-496 du 27 mai 2008 on behalf of the victim of discrimination. The association must prove tha…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Provisions relating to the investigation of claims for compensation.

Article R424-12

…e R. 424-1. Annual national statistics concerning the production and spreading of sludge are communicated to it by the Minister for the Environment. II.In addition to its chairman, this commission com…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Sub-section 2: Special provisions applicable to inter-municipal tourist offices constituted in the form of a public industrial and commercial establishment.

Article R134-12

…municipal tourist offices set up as a public industrial and commercial establishment. For the application of the articles mentioned in the first paragraph to groups of communes, the words "communes"…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Request for an opinion from the Council of State

Article R2333-120-63

…o the secretariat of the Administrative Jurisdiction Division of the Conseil d'Etat, along with the case file, within eight days of its pronouncement. The parties are notified of this transmission by…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions (R).

Article R2123-12

The municipality's assumption of responsibility for expenses relating to the exercise of local elected representatives' right to training, under the conditions set out in the articles L. 2123-12 to L.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-128

…té sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail may issue to veterinary pharmaceutical establishments exporting medicated feedingstuffs a certificate stating : 1° The name or company…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article L612-12

Any patent application shall be rejected, in whole or in part: 1° Which does not satisfy the conditions referred to in Article L. 612-1 ; 2° Which has not been divided in accordance with Article L. 61…

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