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Showing 29512960 of 21304 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 24 Nov. 1998 – Chevassus-Marche

French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Duties of the agent

Article L2422-6

…ct is to entrust the agent with the exercise of some or all of the powers referred to in Article L. 2421-1, of all or some of the following: 1° Defining the administrative and technical conditions und…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Restricted invitation to tender

Article R2161-6

The minimum time limits for receipt of applications are:1° For contracting authorities, thirty days from the date of dispatch of the contract notice or, where the call for competition is made by means…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article L2224-21

When it is found that a fair or market, even a simple supply market, constitutes a serious disturbance to general traffic because it is held on a site that is wholly or partly within the rights-of-way…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: National Council and National Disciplinary Chamber.

Article L4122-2-1

Contracts concluded for valuable consideration by the national council with one or more economic operators to meet its needs for supplies or services shall comply with the principles of freedom of acc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Tasks and composition of the national order and the national council.

Article L4231-8

Contracts concluded for valuable consideration by the national council with one or more economic operators to meet its needs for supplies or services shall comply with the principles of freedom of acc…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Book II: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO PARTNERSHIP CONTRACTS

Article R2200-1

Subject to the provisions of Book V of this Part, the partnership contracts defined in Article L. 1112-1 are governed by the provisions of Book I with the exception of : 1° The provisions of sub-secti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter X: Tattooing products

Article L513-10-5

A tattooing product may only be placed on the market, whether free of charge or for a fee, if it meets the following conditions: 1° Its container and packaging must bear the name or company name and a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition; manager approval or authorisation

Article L425-1

An organised trading facility is a multilateral system that brings together, at the manager's discretion, multiple buying and selling interests expressed by third parties in order to conclude transact…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-14-2

I. - Without prejudice to decisions to vary, suspend or withdraw marketing authorisations, the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may, in the interests of public healt…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Algorithmic trading activities applicable to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-10-5

Investment services providers other than portfolio management companies that use algorithmic trading in a Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area sha…

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