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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article LO6471-4

…ents falling due before the budget is voted. In addition, until the adoption of the budget or until 31 March in the absence of adoption of the budget before that date, the President of the Territorial…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Provisions applicable to sub-contracts that do not have the nature of sub-contracts

Article R2393-41

The purchaser may require the holder to accept all or some of the subcontractors who are not subcontractors. It shall state this in the invitation to tender.In this case, these subcontractors shall be…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Markets of national interest

Article L761-2

The list of markets of national interest for which the State intends to organise development and management is set by decree. For the other markets of national interest, the municipalities on whose te…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The Town Council

Article L2573-5

…er 2019 L. 2121-3 to L. 2121-6 la loi n° 96-142 du 21 février 1996 L. 2121-7 the loi n° 2015-366 du 31 mars 2015 L. 2121-8 and L. 2121-9 the loi n° 2015-991 du 7 août 2015 L. 2121-10 law no. 2015-991…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: The Company Ombudsman

Article R2197-23

In the event of a dispute concerning the performance of contracts, purchasers and holders may have recourse to the Company Mediator.The Company Mediator acts as a third party, without decision-making…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Consignment subject to authorisation by the liberty and custody judge

Article L512-37

The liberties and detention judge may order the release of the consignment measure at any time.It is de jure in all cases where the authorised agents have noted the conformity of the consigned goods o…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Variants

Article R2151-11

In the case of supply or service contracts, a variant may not be rejected solely on the grounds that, if it were accepted, it would lead to a service contract instead of a supply contract or to a supp…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Title I: PUBLIC PROCUREMENT

Article L1110-1

The contracts, partnership contracts and defence or security contracts defined in this Title are public contracts subject to the provisions of Part Two.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to requests for information received by the French services

Article 695-9-44

When information has been transmitted by a service or unit referred to in Article 695-9-31 to the competent service of a Member State and the latter intends to communicate it to another State or to us…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Placement under house arrest with electronic surveillance

Article D32-15

…cles 763-12 of this code and R. 544-18 et seq. of the Penitentiary Code. Articles R. 61-21 to R. 61-31-1 are applicable, with the investigating judge exercising the powers of the sentence enforcement…

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