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Showing 28412850 of 3889 articles for Art. CE 21 Dec 2012 n° 353856

French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Contracts awarded without advertising or competitive tendering on account of their value or subject-matter

Article R2122-1

…ublicity or competitive tendering when, due to compelling urgency resulting from external circumstances and which it could not foresee, it is not possible to comply with the minimum time limits requir…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Submission and processing of applications

Article L612-9

…ade public, no true copy of the patent application may be granted without authorisation, and the procedures provided for in the articles L. 612-14, L. 612-15 and 1° of article L. 612-21 may not be com…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions for the digital exploitation of unavailable books from the 20th century

Article R134-1

…lic database mentioned in article L. 134-2 is called the "Register of unavailable books of the 20th century". It is open to public consultation via the Bibliothèque nationale de France's online public…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article 706-25-13

…s section and any other file or collection of nominative data held by any person or by a State service not under the authority of the Ministry of Justice, with the exception of the file of persons sou…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the compensation fund for the interruption or abandonment of film or audiovisual shoots due to the covid-19 epidemic

Article 913-12

…nsation fund is subject to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 1…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-19

…idation when severe and lasting restrictions substantially call into question the control or influence exercised by the consolidating company over the subsidiary or holding or the possibilities of tra…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 302 bis ZI

…elating to the opening up to competition and the regulation of the online gambling and games of chance sector, a levy on the sums committed by players.This levy is payable by persons who must be subje…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: APPLICATIONS FOR RESIDENCE PERMITS

Article R431-22

As an exception to article R. 431-20, when the application for a residence permit is lodged with the prefecture of the Bouches-du-Rhône department, the prefect of this department is competent to issue…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Poisonous substances and preparations.

Article L5132-9

…d are coming from or going to other Member States of the European Union, medicinal products, substances or preparations classified as narcotics or to which the narcotics regulations are applied in who…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L5125-32

The following are laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat: 1° The procedures for submitting and examining applications for the creation, transfer and grouping of pharmacies, the rules for assessing…

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