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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2661-1

…ishments, subject to the powers devolved to this collectivity, in their wording resulting fromOrder No. 2018-1074 of 26 November 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISIO…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2671-1

…shments, subject to the powers devolved to this collectivity, in their wording resulting from Order No. 2018-1074 of 26 November 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISIO…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2681-1

…shments, subject to the powers devolved to this collectivity, in their wording resulting from Order No. 2018-1074 of 26 November 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISIO…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Marine, river and lake insurance

Article L173-15

The alienation of the majority of the shares of a co-owned vessel alone triggers the application of article L. 173-14.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: General health administration

Article L1535-1

The provisions of articles L. 1413-13 and L. 1413-14 are applicable to the French Southern and Antarctic Territories.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Substitution compensation.

Article L7313-17

…r sales agent may, in the event of termination of the employment contract mentioned in Articles L. 7313-13 and L. 7313-14, benefit from an indemnity. The indemnity is equal to that to which the travel…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article R622-13

The court clerk shall notify the co-contractor of the decision of the juge-commissaire granting the administrator the extension provided for in 1° of III of Article L. 622-13. The juge-commissaire dec…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article R1431-20

…its members. The dissolution is pronounced by order of the State representative. It takes effect on 31 December of the year in which it was requested.II. - When, as a result of the withdrawal of one o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R4113-12

…re persons who do not meet the conditions of the first paragraph or of 1° to 5° of article 5 of law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice of the liberal professions in the form of c…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Provisions specific to the overseas collectivities governed by Article 74 of the Constitution and New Caledonia

Article 33-2

Parrogation à l'article 31, the president of the court of first instance or the judge in charge of the detached section has sole authority to issue a certificate of French nationality to any person wh…

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