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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions applicable to elected representatives who are public servants (R).

Article R2123-19

…regulations must, when he wishes to benefit from the training leave provided for in article L. 2123-13, submit his request in writing to the hierarchical authority to which he reports at least thirty…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Information for the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article R519-58

No later than 31 July each year, the association shall send the report referred to in II of Article L. 519-13 to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution. This report contains a copy of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: The electronic portal

Article R814-58-5

…portal is free of charge for the third parties mentioned in the second paragraph of Article L. 814-13, subject to the following paragraph.The costs of the electronic registered letter sent via the el…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Experimentation.

Article R5141-4

…trials are bound by professional secrecy under the conditions and penalties laid down inarticle 226-13 of the French Penal Code with regard to the nature of the products studied, the protocols and the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Partnership with the Institution Nationale des Invalides under Article L. 6147-16

Article R6147-146

…the centre d'études et de recherches sur l'appareillage des handicapés, mentioned in article R. 621-13 of the same code, of this institution.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: The orientation hearing

Article R322-15

At the orientation hearing, the enforcement judge, after hearing the parties present or represented, verifies that the conditions of articles…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Exclusions at the buyer's discretion

Article L2141-7-1

The purchaser may exclude from the procedure for the award of a contract persons subject to Article L. 225-102-4 of the French Commercial Code who do not comply with the obligation to draw up a due di…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Public billing portal

Article L2392-5

A pooled solution, made available by the State and known as the "public invoicing portal", enables invoices to be submitted, received and transmitted electronically. The following shall use the public…

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

Article R2122-5

The purchaser may award a contract without prior advertising or competitive tendering for the purchase of supplies or services on particularly advantageous terms either from an economic operator who i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-29-7-1

…eholders or their proxies to exercise the rights deriving from the shares, unless this information has been sent directly to the shareholders or to a third party designated by the shareholder. The con…

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