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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 4: Group governance system

Article R356-50-1

Articles 258 to 275 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014 are applicable at group level.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Title of works

Article 521

…ut also for articles which they have had made on their behalf by third parties with materials which may or may not belong to them. Persons who place such articles on the market from other Member State…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Execution of measures

Article R15-33-55-5

…the composition pénale includes the completion of a training period, the provisions of articles R. 131-11-1 and R. 131-35 to R. 131-45 of the Penal Code are applicable. The same applies when the meas…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Unforeseen circumstances

Article R2194-5

The contract may be amended when the amendment is made necessary by circumstances that a diligent purchaser could not have foreseen. In this case, the provisions of articles R. 2194-3 and R. 2194-4 ap…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VII: European Union trade mark

Article L717-5

An application for a European Union trade mark or a European Union trade mark may only be converted into an application for a national trade mark in the cases provided for in Article 139 of Regulation…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Choice of award criteria

Article R2352-5

To award the defence or security contract to the tenderer or, where applicable, to the tenderers who have submitted the most economically advantageous tender, the purchaser shall base itself: 1° Eithe…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
14°: Joint ownership of estates in Corsica. Temporary regime

Article 1135

Provided they are drawn up between 1 January 1986 and 31 December 2014, notarised powers of attorney and attestations after death are exempt from any collection for the benefit of the Treasury when th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Provisions relating to interdepartmental public fire and rescue establishments

Article L1424-57

…d rescue establishment ensures the administrative and financial management of the establishment. He may receive delegated signing authority from the chairman.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Provisions relating to interdepartmental public fire and rescue establishments

Article L1424-51

Many departmental fire and rescue services may decide, by concordant deliberations of their boards of directors, to create an interdepartmental public fire and rescue establishment. The creation of th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Provisions relating to interdepartmental public fire and rescue establishments

Article L1424-52

The interdepartmental public fire and rescue establishment may exercise, at the choice of the constituent fire and rescue services, the following powers and attributions:a) The acquisition, rental and…

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