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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Tie-breaking.

Article L1454-4

If the adjudicating panel or the summary proceedings panel is unable to meet in its entirety at the adjudication hearing, the adjudicating judge will rule in accordance with the conditions determined…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Cancer Institute

Article L1415-7

The National Cancer Institute may issue calls for research projects for a period of five years and, under conditions defined by decree, for a period of eight years.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: Information for unsuccessful candidates and tenderers

Article L2181-1

As soon as it has made its choice, the purchaser communicates it to the candidates and tenderers whose applications or tenders have not been selected, in accordance with the conditions laid down by de…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Information for unsuccessful candidates and tenderers

Article L3125-1

As soon as it has made its choice, the purchaser communicates it to the candidates and tenderers whose applications or tenders have not been selected, in accordance with the conditions laid down by de…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-116

Before the meeting of any general meeting, any shareholder has the right to obtain, under the conditions and within the time limits determined by decree of the Conseil d'Etat, a list of shareholders.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Filing

Article L622-4

The Director of the National Institute of Industrial Property registers the filing after examining its formal regularity. Publication is made under conditions laid down by decree in the Council of Sta…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Actual turnover system

Article 268 ter

I. - Decrees in the Council of State may lay down special procedures for determining the taxable amount for the taxation of sales of high-value animals.II. - (Provision no longer applicable).

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

Article L2223-45

A decree sets out the conditions under which a national thanatopractor's diploma is issued and is required of thanatopractors in order to benefit from the authorisation provided for in article L. 2223…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Caisse des dépôts et consignations

Article L518-3

Decrees whose implementation requires the assistance of Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations are issued on the report or with the intervention of the Minister for the Economy, after consultation with th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L532-27

A decree shall determine the conditions under which the information provided for in Articles L. 532-23 to L. 532-25-1 shall be communicated to the competent authorities of the Member State concerned.

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