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Showing 26512660 of 47269 articles for Art. Cass. ass. plén. 7 February 1986 · Cass. 1re civ. 4 March 1986 · Cass. com. 8 March 2017 n° 15-21.155 · Cass. 3e civ. 27 June 2001 · Cass. 1re civ. 27 November 2019 n° 18-18.402

French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 4: Access by purchasers to supporting documents and evidence

Article R2343-15

The purchaser may stipulate in the consultation documents that candidates are not required to provide supporting documents and evidence which have already been sent to them as part of a previous consu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Terms of office of board or committee members.

Article L5211-15

…ve bodies and their chairmen in the performance of their duties. The provisions of article L. 2123-34 relating to the responsibility of elected representatives are applicable to the president and vice…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: National fund for the development of water supplies.

Article D2335-15

For the application of Article L. 2335-9, all municipalities not included in the list defined in Annex VIII to this Code are considered to be rural.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2. Movable and immovable property and rights

Article 150 VG

…artment responsible for collection and within the time limits set out in 1° of I of article 150 VM; 4° In other cases, to the tax department responsible for the seller's domicile within one month of t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Compensation procedures.

Article L211-15

The insurer must submit any proposed transaction involving a minor or an adult under guardianship to the guardianship judge or the family council, which is competent to authorise it, depending on the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organs, tissues and cells removed for therapeutic purposes for others.

Article R1211-15

…ted from a State in which one or more of the medical biology analyses mentioned in article R. 1211-14 are not performed, they are accompanied by a biological sample enabling these analyses to be perfo…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 6: Decision by the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons

Article R531-18

…he personal interview provided for in article L. 531-20;2° The time limit provided for in article 9-4 of law no. 91-647 of 10 July 1991 relating to legal aid for applying for legal aid.Access to the s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-15

…r the infrastructures and services made available or any other measures taken to encourage bathing. 4° Pollution corresponds to the presence of: -microbiological contamination with Escherichia coli, i…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L172-18

…perty resulting from the inherent vice of the insured object, except as provided for in article L. 173-4 with regard to latent defects in the vessel;b) damage to or loss of property resulting from fin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Declaration of hazardous mixtures

Article R1342-18

The information contained in the declaration referred to in article R. 1342-13 may only be used to respond to requests for information aimed at preventing the effects of the substances or mixtures con…

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