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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Applicable regulations.

Article L1262-4-4

When a seconded employee is the victim of an accident at work, a declaration is sent to the Labour Inspectorate of the place where the accident occurred.This declaration is made, within a time limit a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Applicable regulations.

Article L1262-4-2

…iduals who contract with a service provider established outside France for their personal use, that of their spouse, their partner in a civil solidarity pact, their cohabitee or their ascendants or de…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Quasi-regulation

Article L2511-1

…ich it exercises over its own departments; 2° The controlled legal entity carries out more than 80% of its activity within the framework of tasks entrusted to it either by the contracting authority wh…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Quasi-regulation

Article L2511-5

The percentage of activities referred to in this section shall be determined by taking into account the average total turnover or any other appropriate activity-based parameter, such as costs incurred…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Quasi-regulation

Article L2511-4

…t control over a legal person where the following conditions are met :1° The decision-making bodies of the controlled legal person are composed of representatives of all the participating contracting…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Quasi-regulation

Article L2511-2

…ch the public contract is awarded does not have a direct private equity holding, with the exception of those forms of private equity holding without the capacity to control or block required by law wh…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Quasi-regulation

Article L2511-3

…that which they exercise over their own departments; 2° The legal person carries out more than 80% of its activity within the framework of tasks entrusted to it by the contracting authorities which c…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Quasi-regulation

Article L3211-2

…he concession contract is awarded does not have a direct private equity holding, with the exception of forms of private equity holding without the capacity to control or block required by law, which d…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Quasi-regulation

Article L3211-1

…ich it exercises over its own departments; 2° The controlled legal entity carries out more than 80% of its activity within the framework of tasks which are entrusted to it either by the contracting au…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Quasi-regulation

Article L3211-5

The percentage of activity referred to in this section shall be determined by taking into account the average total turnover or any other appropriate activity-based parameter, such as costs incurred,…

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