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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-MARTIN

Article L443-2

…liance with the powers of the local authority; 2° The civic training mentioned in 1° of article L. 413-3 includes a section relating to the history and geography of the local authority of residence of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Transferred services.

Article R4422-31

…he regional directorate of equipment and the departmental directorates of equipment:a) Programming tasks, studies, financial monitoring, accounting, contracts, land acquisitions, litigation, relating…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 AI

…efit of exceptional depreciation is subject to compliance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L1161-1

Therapeutic education is part of a patient's care programme. Its aim is to make patients more independent by facilitating their compliance with prescribed treatments and improving their quality of lif…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article L351-2

…s, contract beneficiaries and reinsured undertakings. The value of prudential technical provisions, assessed in accordance with Article L. 351-1, corresponds to the current amount that undertakings wo…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Publication of the acts of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée and its Chairman

Article A112-35

…lished in the Bulletin officiel du cinéma et de l'image animée: 1° The list provided for in Article 133 of the Public Procurement Code ; 2° The list of cinematographic works that have been granted an…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Application for approval

Article R212-55

…number of subscribers and the average annual frequency of use of the package. Where the applicant has already set up an approved cinema access package, in operation at the time of the application or…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Preliminary book MIXED CONCESSION CONTRACTS

Article L3000-2

When a conceding authority concludes a contract intended to satisfy objectively indissociable needs which, on the one hand, come under the ordinary law of concession contracts provided for in Book I o…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Abnormally low tenders

Article R2152-3

The purchaser shall require the tenderer to justify the price or costs proposed in his tender if it appears to be abnormally low in relation to the works, supplies or services, including for the part…

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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 R2122-9

The purchasers mentioned in 1° and 2° of article 3 of law no. 81-766 of 10 August 1981 relating to book prices may award a contract for the supply of non-school books for their own needs or to enhance…

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