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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Payment of a bonus

Article R2371-8

The consultation documents indicate the amount of the premium that will be paid to tenderers and how it may be reduced or waived:1° For the award of a design and build contract where the consultation…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-9

Contracts subject to the provisions of article L. 4122-2-1 shall be concluded in writing. The terms of the contract may be determined by reference to general documents under the conditions set out in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Collective investments

Article L214-1-1

…than a closed-end fund, other than a UCITS or an FIA, requires authorisation from the Autorité des marchés financiers before it can market its units or shares in France. A decree defines the conditio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS

Article L214-4

…f the open-ended investment company, in accordance with the general regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Working hours, rest periods and holidays.

Article L3422-5

For the application of article L. 3152-4 in Mayotte : a) The benefits mentioned in 1° are those of the schemes mentioned in articles 23-7 and 23-8 of order no. 2002-411 of 27 March 2002 relating to he…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Local electronic communications networks and services

Article L1425-1

…f Article L. 5721-2, a mixed syndicate covered by Title II of Book VII of Part Five may join, until 31 December 2021, another mixed syndicate exercising, by transfer or delegation, all or some of the…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Public contracts awarded by a contracting entity to an affiliated undertaking

Article L2511-7

The rules defined in Title II apply to public contracts which, on the one hand, are concluded by a contracting entity with an affiliated undertaking or by a body formed exclusively by several contract…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Combating mirror sites

Article L331-29

…echnical device to access, including in an open standard within the meaning of Article 4 of Law No. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 for confidence in the digital economy, a work or object protected by a tech…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Appearance before the Investigating Chamber

Article 695-30

…me time as the ruling authorising the surrender provided for in the fourth paragraph of article 695-31. The public prosecutor and the wanted person are heard, the latter assisted, if necessary, by his…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedure applicable to the interoperability of technological measures

Article R331-38

…communication audiovisuelle et numérique in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article R. 331-34 or in the event of failure to comply with the injunction issued pursuant to the provisions of…

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