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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Terms and conditions of performance of the partnership contract

Article L2213-3

…purchaser entrusts all or part of the design of the works to the contractor, the contract performance conditions must include the obligation to identify a project management team responsible for desi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Interpreters and translators

Article R141-3

…activity or be domiciled within the jurisdiction of the judicial court;2° Prove his or her competence by means of a diploma or experience acquired in the field of interpreting or translation;3° Not h…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Relay doctors

Article R3413-3

…of the Regional Health Agency a file comprising : 1° A statement of his professional activities, places and dates of practice ; 2° A certificate showing that the conditions set out in 1° and 3° of art…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Practice of the profession by students

Article R4141-3

…nly give a favourable opinion if the student applicant has passed the fifth year examination in France, offers the necessary guarantees of good character and does not have any infirmity or pathologica…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Authorised bodies.

Article R5221-32

Authorised bodies shall inform the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé : 1° of any modification likely to alter the conditions under which autho…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Services provided to shareholders by intermediaries

Article R228-32-1

…icle L. 228-29-7-1, in II and III of Article L. 228-29-7-2 and in Article L. 22-10-43-1, and the procedures for transmitting that information are specified by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1a: Complaints by electronic means

Article D8-2-3

The victim must also be informed, in accordance with the same procedures, of the rights provided for by article 10-2 of this code. The complainant shall also be informed of the procedures for communic…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2

Article R421-38

For the application of the provisions of article L. 421-8 of the Insurance Code, the contributions to the guarantee fund are based on the following conditions: 1° The contribution from insurance compa…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article R655-3

For the application of this book to French Polynesia: 1° References to the prefect are replaced by references to the high commissioner of the Republic in French Polynesia; 2° References to the court o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Maintenance file

Article R4211-3

…sion of the premises, and no later than one month thereafter, the project owner draws up a maintenance file for the workplaces and sends it to the users. This file includes, in addition to the notices…

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