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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Secondment contract.

Article L1251-42

When a temporary employment undertaking makes an employee available to a user undertaking, these undertakings shall conclude a written secondment contract, at the latest within two working days of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-21

I.-The National Council sets the deadlines for receipt of applications, taking into account the complexity of the contract and the time required by economic operators to prepare their applications. Th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of in vitro diagnostic medical devices.

Article L5221-4

…the same Regulation. In addition, the following are required to declare their activities to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, under conditions specified by regul…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Consultation documents

Article R2162-42

…documents the nature of the purchases envisaged and their estimated quantity, as well as all the necessary information concerning the dynamic purchasing system, including its possible subdivision int…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Consultation documents

Article R2162-41

The purchaser shall provide free, direct and full electronic access to the consultation documents throughout the period of validity of the system.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Categories of revenue

Article L2573-44

…° are deleted;2° 2°, 4° and 8° become 1°, 2° and 3° respectively;3° A 4° is added as follows:"4° Proceeds from the distribution of the intercommunal equalisation fund provided for in Article L. 2573-5…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Categories of revenue

Article L2573-45

…III.II. - For the application of the first paragraph, the words: "local laws and customs" are replaced by the words: "locally applicable provisions".III. - For the application of the second paragraph…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Building and public works employers.

Article L6331-41

For companies with eleven or more employees, the contribution is deducted by France Compétences from the proceeds of the vocational training contribution referred to in article L. 6331-3. France Compé…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Building and public works employers.

Article L6331-40

For companies with fewer than eleven employees, the BTP Prévoyance fund collects the contribution earmarked for the Comité de Concertation et de Coordination de l'Apprentissage du Bâtiment et des Trav…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Building and public works employers.

Article L6331-42

The BTP Prévoyance fund takes any pre-litigation or litigation action relating to the recovery of the contribution against companies that fail to pay.Failing this, the contribution will be recovered i…

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