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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination of applications

Article R3123-21

…it an incomplete application, where applicable after implementation of the provisions of article R. 3123-20, or one containing false information or documents; 2° Candidates who submit an inadmissible…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 5: Operation of the adversarial expert appraisal.

Article R5127-21

…public prosecutor will inform the alleged perpetrator of the fraud or falsification that he or she may obtain the laboratory report and that he or she has three clear days in which to present his or…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Qualification of economic operators

Article R2162-31

Contracting entities shall ensure that economic operators may at any time request to be qualified. The rules and criteria for qualification shall be communicated to them at their request. Updated rule…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Demergers involving the participation of joint stock companies or limited liability companies

Article L236-24

…s to which the assets and liabilities are transferred. However, the ordinary meeting of bondholders may give a mandate to the representatives of the general body of shareholders to oppose the demerger…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Overseas departments

Article 1649

…tion measures.Decrees in the Conseil d'Etat will set the conditions under which laws no. 73-1229 of 31 December 1973, no. 75-678 of 29 July 1975 and no. 77-616 of 16 June 1977 relating to property tax…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Warranty of defects in the goods sold.

Article 1648

…t by the purchaser within two years of discovery of the defect. In the case provided for by Article 1642-1, the action must be brought, on pain of foreclosure, within one year of the date on which the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Redemption option.

Article 1672

If the purchaser has left several heirs, the action for redemption may be brought against each of them only for his share, in the case where it is still undivided, and in the case where the thing sold…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for amending the single copy and the certificate of transferability in the case of services entrusted to a subcontractor eligible for direct payment

Article R2393-31

The purchaser may not approve the terms of payment of a subcontractor if the single copy or the certificate of transferability has not been amended or if the proof referred to in article R. 2193-6 has…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article D214-32-31

…The shares or units of general-purpose investment funds, other than those referred to in Article L. 214-26-1, marketed in France, as well as the shares or units of FIAs governed by foreign law markete…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Acquisition of French nationality by birth and residence in France

Article 21-8

The interested party has the option of declaring, under the conditions provided for in articles 26 et seq and provided that he proves that he has the nationality of a foreign State, that he declines F…

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