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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Automatic exclusions

Article L2341-3

…security of information, unless they have fully complied with any court decisions against them and can demonstrate, by any means, that their professional integrity can no longer be called into questi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Determining taxable income

Article 32

1. Notwithstanding the provisions of

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 398

…ing the powers conferred on the president. The appointment of the magistrates of the Criminal Court called upon to rule under the conditions provided for in paragraph 3 shall be made by the president…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Modulation of sentences according to the scale and seriousness of the offence and the personality of the offender, special provisions, repeat offending

Article 369

…committed and the personality of the offender, the court may : a) Release the offenders from confiscation of the means of transport, except in cases where the acts of smuggling or the like have been…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article R3361-3

For the application of the regulatory provisions of Book I in French Polynesia: 1° In Article R. 3121-6, the words: "and that a report be sent to the European Commission if it so requests" are deleted…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article R3371-3

For the application of the regulatory provisions of Book I in New Caledonia:1° In article R. 3121-6, the words: "and that a report be sent to the European Commission if it so requests" are deleted;2°…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Administrative police measures

Article L612-33

…ation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 or, where applicable, by Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 201…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Procedures for carrying out the activities of the Etablissement Français du Sang and the Armed Forces Blood Transfusion Centre

Article R1222-34

The activities of the Etablissement Français du Sang are carried out in accordance with : 1° The approval referred to in III of Article L. 1222-11 issued by the Agence nationale du médicament et des p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: COMMUNE SECTION

Article D2411-3

The application submitted by the electors of the section pursuant to articles L. 2411-3, L. 2411-4, L. 2411-6, L. 2411-11, L. 2411-16 and L. 2412-1, is expressed either by a collective letter, or by i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of patients and users of the healthcare system.

Article L1541-3

…aptations provided for in this chapter, chapters I and V of title I of book I of this part are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, with the exception of articles L. 1111-1, L. 1111-3 to…

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