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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 916-43

…for which the accounts have been closed;h) The tax and social security certificates referred to in 4° of Appendix VI-8.1;i) A K bis extract less than three months old.When the project is developed by…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 430

The court shall be composed, on pain of nullity, in accordance with the rules relating to judicial organisation.Challenges relating to its regularity must be presented, on pain of inadmissibility, as…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: More favourable balance sheet

Article R2211-4

…usted to the contractor; 3° The risk-sharing arrangements between the purchaser and the contractor; 4° The overall cost of the project, taking into account in particular the financing structure envisa…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Transfer of the foreign national to another place of detention

Article R744-47

…oreign national from one place of detention to another, under the conditions set out in article L. 744-17, is the département prefect and, in Paris, the police prefect.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Automatic exclusions

Article L2341-4

Purchasers may authorise an economic operator who is in a case of exclusion provided for in this section to participate in a contract for overriding reasons relating to the public interest.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Coordination of supervision of relations between regulated professions and their clients

Article L612-47

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and the Autorité des marchés financiers shall set up a joint centre responsible for 1° coordinating the proposals for supervisory priorities define…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article 488

…lesion or reduced in the event of excess even though they could be annulled by virtue of l'article 414-1. In particular, the courts take into consideration the usefulness or uselessness of the transa…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Legal protection

Article 437

If there is reason to act outside the cases defined in Article 436, any interested party may give notice to the judge. The judge may appoint a special representative, under the conditions and in accor…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Procedure applicable to referrals for opinions on interoperability and exceptions to copyright and related rights

Article R331-42

The opinions issued pursuant to Article L. 331-33 may be published by the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Basic mission

Article R2431-4

…n projects, the basic mission includes :1° Sketch studies;2° Pre-project studies;3° Project studies;4° Assisting the project owner in awarding public works contracts;5° Managing the performance of pub…

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