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Showing 39713980 of 21304 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 24 Nov. 1998 – Chevassus-Marche

French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Transmission and receipt of invoices in electronic form

Article L2392-3

Without prejudice to Article L. 2392-2, the State and its public establishments accept invoices that comply with the electronic invoicing standard defined by regulation and sent in electronic form by…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Disclosure of criteria and implementation procedures

Article R2152-12

For contracts awarded in accordance with a formalised procedure, the award criteria shall be weighted or, where weighting is not possible for objective reasons, shall be indicated in descending order…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Competitive dialogue

Article R2161-30

At the request of the purchaser, the successful tenderer may be asked to clarify aspects of its tender or to confirm the commitments contained therein. However, such requests may not have the effect o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Management and administration

Article L22-10-27

In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the distribution of the sum allocated to members of the supervisory board as remuneration for their activity, pursuant to the f…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Leasing of work and industry.

Article 1779

There are three main types of hire of work and industry:1° Hire of services;2° Hire of carriers, both by land and by water, who undertake the transport of persons or goods;3° Hire of architects, contr…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Provisions specific to framework agreements and innovation partnerships

Article R2321-5

For the framework agreements referred to in Article L. 2325-1, the estimated value of the requirement is determined by taking into account the estimated maximum value of all the contracts to be awarde…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title II: CONSUMER INSTITUTIONS

Article D824-8

The Council shall set up such permanent or temporary working groups as it deems necessary for the proper conduct of its work. The operating procedures of the Council, in particular the quorum rules, a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Administration of establishments in the network of chambers of commerce and industry.

Article R712-32

Borrowings are made under market conditions and in compliance with the public procurement rules in force or in the form of public subscription with the option of issuing bearer bonds or bonds transfer…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Tasks of approved professional associations

Article R519-45

The association provides its members with all relevant information concerning changes in the regulations applicable to them. It informs them of any difficulties observed in the banking and payment ser…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-4

…or combination of genotypes of the initial variety. V.-Subject to the provisions of Article L. 623-24-1, the production, offering, sale, placing on the market, import, export, transhipment, use and o…

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