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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Restricted invitation to tender

Article R2161-6

…ied emergency makes it impossible to comply with this minimum time limit, the contracting authority may set a time limit for receipt of applications which may not be less than fifteen days from the da…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Mutual legal assistance

Article 627-3

…r-Terrorism Public Prosecutor. The maximum duration of these measures is limited to two years. They may be renewed under the same conditions before the expiry of that period at the request of the Inte…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation and operation of the High Council

Article R821-6

I. - When, pursuant to Article L. 822-16, a request for an opinion on the code of ethics of the profession of statutory auditor is submitted to the Haut conseil du commissariat aux comptes, which shal…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Right of communication specific to the customs administration.

Article 65 ter

The Autorité Nationale des Jeux and the Direction Générale des Douanes et Droits Indirects may spontaneously provide each other with all information and documents gathered in the course of their respe…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Contracts awarded without advertising or competitive tendering on account of their value or subject-matter

Article R2122-6

The purchaser may award a service contract without prior advertising or competitive tendering to the winner or one of the winners of a competition. Where there are several prize-winners, they are all…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Creation and form of the bill of exchange.

Article L511-6

The drawer is guarantor of acceptance and payment. He may exonerate himself from the guarantee of acceptance; any clause by which he exonerates himself from the guarantee of payment shall be deemed un…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Drawing up the research report

Article R612-68

…nt Register of rights in rem, pledges or licences in respect of a patent application, the applicant may amend the claims relating to that application without the consent of the holders of those rights…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 8: Appeal procedures

Article R532-67

The decisions of the Cour nationale du droit d'asile may be appealed to the Conseil d'Etat, under the conditions set out in Articles R. 821-1 et seq. of the Code of Administrative Justice.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Implementation and management of the scheme.

Article L5134-61

The State may entrust the management of aid for the young people's work experience contract to the institution mentioned in article L. 5312-1 or to any other legal entity governed by public law.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Reimbursement of public transport costs

Article R3261-6

A collective labour agreement may provide for other methods of proof and reimbursement of transport costs, without the time limits for reimbursement of tickets exceeding those mentioned in article R.…

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