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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: DEFENCE OR SECURITY CONTRACTS AWARDED WITHOUT PRIOR ADVERTISING OR COMPETITION

Article R2322-5

The purchaser may award a contract without prior advertising or competitive tendering where the contract can only be awarded to a specific economic operator, for reasons relating to the protection of…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Other contracts

Article L2512-5

The following public contracts are subject to the same rules: 1° Services relating to the acquisition or rental, by whatever financial means, of land, existing buildings or other immovable property, o…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisional approval

Article D331-58

The application for provisional approval must be accompanied by the following information and supporting documents:1° A presentation of the cinematographic or audiovisual work in French or English, in…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Commitments giving rise to a diversification provision

Article R134-5

The term referred to in the tenth paragraph of article L. 132-23 may not exceed the shorter of eight years or the maturity date of the guarantee. Before the maturity date mentioned in article L. 134-1…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Practice of the profession

Article R4312-58-1

…have been granted partial access to practise the profession of nurse in France underarticle L. 4002-5 of the Public Health Code, when presenting their activity to the public, in particular on a websit…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Administrative detention

Article R752-5

A foreign national placed in administrative detention pursuant to article L. 752-2 may, independently of the examination of their state of vulnerability by the administrative authority when they are p…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The right of accession in relation to immovable property

Article 559

…ned or not, removes by a sudden force a considerable and recognisable part of a riparian field, and carries it to a lower field or to the opposite bank, the owner of the part removed may claim his pro…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The right of accession in relation to immovable property

Article 555

…the owner of the land requires the removal of the constructions, plantations and works, it shall be carried out at the expense of the third party, without any compensation for him; the third party may…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The right of accession in relation to immovable property

Article 563

If a state-owned watercourse forms a new course by abandoning its old bed, the riparian owners may acquire ownership of this old bed, each in his or her own right, up to a line assumed to be drawn thr…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The right of accession in relation to immovable property

Article 558

…is at the level of the discharge of the pond, even if the volume of water comes to diminish. Reciprocally, the owner of the pond acquires no right to the riparian land that its water comes to cover in…

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