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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO BOOK I

Article R2631-1

…o the Prefect is replaced by the reference to the representative of the State;3° bis In article R. 2172-2, the references to articles L. 411-2 and L. 481-1 of the Construction and Housing Code are rep…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial provisions.

Article R1121-3

For the application of 2° of III of Article L. 1121-16-1, the sponsor may, provided that he has a favourable opinion from the Committee for the Protection of Individuals, ask the Ministers responsible…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operations.

Article R513-8

…233-16 of the Commercial Code. Unsecured loans deemed to be in default in accordance with Article 178 of EU Regulation 575/2013 of 26 June 2013 may not be included in the calculation of the coverage…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Etablissements publics de coopération intercommunale dotés d'une fiscalité propre.

Article L5211-28-4

…ritory of a public inter-municipal cooperation establishment with its own tax authority, the latter may extend the payment of the community solidarity grant to public inter-municipal cooperation estab…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation

Article R211-13

…s appointed under the same conditions.Non-elected members unable to attend all or part of a meeting may give a proxy to another Board member. A Board member may not hold more than one proxy.With the e…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R355-4

…L. 612-24 of the Monetary and Financial Code, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may limit or exempt insurance or reinsurance undertakings from the regular provision of line-by-line…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article R1

I.-Any association referred to in the second paragraph of Article 2-3 may be registered with the Minister of Justice, in accordance with the procedures specified in II of this article, if it meets the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Radiation protection advisor

Article R1333-19

…s.III-Advice given by the radiation protection advisor under Article R. 4451-123 of the Labour Code may be regarded as advice given under 1° of I of this Article when it relates to the same subject.IV…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for registration on the list of statutory auditors

Article D822-7-1

…amily Code) benefit from the accommodations made necessary by their situation. These accommodations may relate to : a) The conditions under which the tests are held, to enable candidates to benefit fr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article L824-2

…not exceeding five years; 4° Removal from the list; 5° Withdrawal of honorary status. II.-Auditors may also be subject to the following sanctions: 1° The publication of a statement indicating that th…

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