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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER Ia : The regional plan for economic development, innovation and internationalisation

Article L4251-16

The regional plan and, where applicable, the strategic guidelines document mentioned in article L. 4251-15 are approved by order of the State representative in the region. The latter shall ensure that…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Reduction in the number of candidates

Article R2142-16

A purchaser who intends to limit the number of candidates shall indicate, in the notice of call for tenders or in the invitation to confirm interest, the objective and non-discriminatory criteria whic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Hosting of paper-based personal health data

Article R1111-16

…conditions defined by articles 20-5 to 20-8 and 20-10 to 20-13 of decree no. 79-1037 of 3 December 1979 relating to the competence of public archive services and to cooperation between administration…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Pre-production aid

Article 322-17

The amount of aid for the pre-production of video games may not exceed 50% of the expenditure mentioned in article…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1798 bis

…ine of €100 to €750:1° Failure to submit to the administration or to keep the accounts mentioned in 6° of Article L. 311-39 of the code of taxes on goods and services;2° Failure to submit the document…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-173

Any order made on the basis of articles 706-169 or 706-170 by which an examining magistrate rules that he is no longer competent or the Paris examining magistrate rules that he is competent may, to th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Election and remuneration of the employee representative.

Article R142-16

…ttee and the observations made by each member of the committee and, where appropriate, those of the candidates.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Parental presence leave

Article D1225-16

The maximum period during which an employee may take parental leave for the same child and per illness, accident or disability is set at three years.If the leave is split, the minimum duration of each…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Choice of treating doctor.

Article R3711-16

In the case of a minor, if the holders of parental authority fail to act, the juvenile court judge, acting as a sentence enforcement judge, appoints the attending physician, under the same conditions…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Expenditure by communes and groups of communes for municipal secondary and special education establishments (R).

Article D2321-16

Where a secondary or special education establishment, which was municipal on 1 January 1986, the date of transfer of responsibility, forms part of a school complex comprising one or more other establi…

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