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Showing 871880 of 52040 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 3 May 2018 – no. 16-23627

French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Rules applicable to contracting authorities

Article R2161-16

…contracting authority other than a central public authority listed in a notice annexed to this Code may set the deadline for receipt of tenders by mutual agreement with the selected candidates, provid…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Examination of a person's genetic characteristics and identification of a person by genetic fingerprints

Article 16-13

No one may be discriminated against on the grounds of their genetic characteristics.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Sociétés d'investissement à capital variable d'actionnariat salarié (open-ended investment companies with employee share ownership)

Article L214-166

The purpose of a SICAV may be to manage a portfolio of financial securities issued by the company or by any company affiliated to it under the conditions set out in articles L. 3344-1 and L. 3344-2 of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-16

…the research mentioned in 1° of article L. 1121-1 concerning the products mentioned in article L. 5311-1, a national file shall identify persons who are free from any disease and who voluntarily lend…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XI: Taxes levied for the benefit of associations of communes and mixed associations

Article 1609 quater

The committee of a syndicat de communes may decide, under the conditions provided for in article L. 5212-20 du code général des collectivités territoriales, to levy the taxes mentioned in 1° to 4° of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the special grant for school construction and equipment

Article D2564-16

…564-17 and in the last paragraph of article D. 2564-18. No request for payment from the beneficiary may be made after this period has expired. However, the Prefect may exceptionally, by reasoned decis…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the presence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-16

…umbered by a usufruct, agreements, subject in principle to the provisions of the preceding chapter, may be concluded either between the bare owners or between the usufructuaries, or between each of th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Governance rules

Article R513-16

…e association draws up a code of conduct setting out the rules applicable to its members. This code may be common to one or more approved associations. The association may ask the Autorité de contrôle…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Procedures before committees

Article R712-16

The parties may be assisted before the commission by any person of their choice.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Respect for the human body

Article 16-4

No one may harm the integrity of the human species.Any eugenic practice tending to organise the selection of persons is prohibited.Any intervention whose purpose is to bring about the birth of a child…

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