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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2671-4

…009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of procedures for the award of certain works contracts, supply contracts and service contracts by contractin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L7111-4

…ronmental council is replaced by the reference to the economic, social, environmental, culture and education council;6° The reference to the culture, education and environment council is replaced by t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Resources and means

Article L1233-4

I.-The National Coordination Committee of the National Agency for Territorial Cohesion comprises: 1° Representatives of the Agence nationale pour la rénovation urbaine (National Agency for Urban Renew…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: National register of persons prohibited from managing assets

Article R128-4

…der declared; 3° The court that issued the order; 4° The date on which the order was issued and its duration; 5° Where applicable, the company name or trading name, the address of the registered offic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: La Monnaie de Paris

Article L121-4

The public establishment La Monnaie de Paris is governed by the provisions of law no. 83-675 of 26 July 1983 relating to the democratisation of the public sector, which apply to the establishments men…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation

Article D1432-46

…or General of the Regional Health Agency will present the main measures he intends to take. For the duration of these measures, the same committee meets at least once a month.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 2: Declaration by the garnishee

Article R211-4

…working day following service, subject to the provisions of article 748-7 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Information to be provided by the candidate

Article R2143-4

…rators may re-use the Single European Market Document that has already been used in a previous procedure, provided that they confirm that the information contained therein is still valid.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Compulsory licences and expropriation for national defence purposes

Article R613-41

When the civil action provided for in Article L. 615-10 is brought on the basis of a patent application that is subject to the prohibitions set out in articles L. 612-9 or L. 612-10 (first and second…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Compulsory licences and expropriation for national defence purposes

Article R613-40

Following the notification provided for in the previous article, the expropriation compensation shall be determined in the same way as is provided for the remuneration of the ex officio licence by the…

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