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Showing 54415450 of 45698 articles for Art. Décret 81-255 du 3-3-1981

French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Report presenting the procedure carried out by the contracting authorities

Article R2184-3

…ving recourse to a contract awarded without prior advertising or competitive tendering, to the procedure with negotiation or to the competitive dialogue ;2° The reasons why the contracting authority h…

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

Article R613-37

If the object of the ex officio licence is the exploitation of an invention covered by a patent application, the disclosure and free exploitation of which are prohibited by application of articles L.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R1245-32

The single European code is allocated to all tissues, their derivatives and cells or cell therapy preparations used for therapeutic purposes, regardless of their country of origin, prior to their dist…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation, registration and commencement of business of the company.

Article R743-32

…ose of the partners who intend to practise in the office. The application shall be sent by teleprocedure on the website of the Ministry of Justice. It shall be accompanied by any supporting documents,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Urban policy allocation

Article R2334-37

…ble commune in the department; the allocation for each commune is calculated on the basis of the product of its population, as defined in Article L. 2334-2, by the synthetic index defined in II of art…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article A37-3

The characteristics of the payment card referred to in Article A. 37-1 are as follows: I.-On the front, on the left-hand side, are details of the issuing department, the date of the offence, the amoun…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Health surveillance, safety and policing

Article R1435-3

…by the regional health agency; 2° The on-call arrangements put in place by the agency; 3° The procedures by which the Prefect requests the involvement of the Regional Health Agency in each of these a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section: Economic and financial control of the "Health Data Platform".

Article R1462-3

…gs; 4° Loans or guarantees; 5° Contracts, markets and leases requiring the use of a formalised procedure due to their value; 6° Subsidy agreements exceeding a certain amount; 7° Transactions, when the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Expenditure

Article D3664-3

…ropolitan authority may neutralise the budgetary allocation to provisions and depreciation, after deducting reversals of provisions and depreciation. These provisions do not apply to provisions and de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Title IV: The interprofessional ambulatory care company

Article R4041-3

…natural person who is a member of the company; 2° The form, object and name of the company and the duration for which it is formed; 3° The address of the registered office; 4° Where applicable, the r…

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