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Showing 14411450 of 21304 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 24 Nov. 1998 – Chevassus-Marche

French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R2651-1

…tle IR. 2111-1 to R. 2111-2R. 2111-4 to R. 2112-12R. 2112-13 Resulting from Decree no. 2018-1225 of 24 December 2018 R. 2112-14 to R. 2113-6R. 2113-7Resulting from decree no. 2022-1683 of 28 December…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R2661-1

…e IR. 2111-1 to R. 2111-2 R. 2111-4 to R. 2112-12 R. 2112-13 Resulting from Decree no. 2018-1225 of 24 December 2018R. 2112-14 to R. 2113-6R. 2113-7Resulting from decree no. 2022-1683 of 28 December 2…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 43 bis

…the initial capital of the sociétés immobilières conventionnées referred to in Order no. 58-876 of 24 September 1958 or to their capital increases, have waived, within a period of one year, the excep…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions relating to the invitation to confirm interest

Article R2131-11

The invitation referred to in article R. 2131-10 shall include at least the following information: 1° The nature and quantity of the services required. In the case of renewable contracts, it shall ind…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Automatic exclusions

Article L2141-6

The purchaser may, by way of exception, authorise an economic operator who is in a case of exclusion provided for in this Section to participate in the procedure for the award of a contract, provided…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Choice of the most economically advantageous tender

Article L2152-7

The contract shall be awarded to the tenderer or tenderers, as the case may be, who have submitted the most economically advantageous tender on the basis of one or more objective and precise criteria…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Arrangements for repayment of the advance

Article R2191-12

When the amount of the advance payment is less than 80% of the amount of the contract inclusive of all taxes, its reimbursement must be completed when the amount of the services performed by the contr…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 4: Contracts involving major technical contingencies

Article R2372-19

In defence or security contracts involving significant technical risks, in particular those involving development work or those relating to maintaining equipment in operational condition, the purchase…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties of sworn goods brokers

Article L131-26

Sworn merchandise brokers sell and buy back merchandise in the event of non-performance of a contract.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Declaration of subcontracting at the time of the tender

Article R2393-26

Notification of the contract implies acceptance of the subcontractor and, where applicable, approval of its terms of payment.

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