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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Exercise of parental authority by separated parents

Article 373-2-3

Where the nature of the debtor's assets allows, maintenance payments may be replaced, in whole or in part, by the payment of a sum of money to an accredited organisation responsible for granting the c…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Exercise of parental authority by separated parents

Article 373-2

The separation of the parents has no effect on the rules governing the devolution of parental authority.Each of the father and mother must maintain a personal relationship with the child and respect t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Exercise of parental authority by separated parents

Article 373-2-4

The award of a supplement, in particular in the form of alimony, may, if appropriate, be requested at a later date.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General rules relating to performance conditions

Article L3114-2

The conditions of performance of a concession contract may take into account considerations relating to the economy, innovation, the environment, the social field or employment, provided that they are…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General rules relating to performance conditions

Article L3114-3

The awarding authority may require, in particular in defence or security concession contracts, as part of the performance conditions, that the resources used to perform all or part of the concession,…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: The preliminary conciliation attempt

Article 820

The application to the court may be made for the purposes of a preliminary attempt at conciliation outside the cases in which the first paragraph of Article 750-1 applies. The request for a preliminar…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Calculation of the estimated value of the concession contract

Article R3121-4

The value of the concession contract to be taken into account in determining the procedural rules to be implemented for the award of the contract is that estimated at the time the concession notice is…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Calculation of the estimated value of the concession contract

Article R3121-2

To estimate the value of the concession contract, the concession-granting authority takes into account in particular :1° The value of any form of option and any extensions to the term of the concessio…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Calculation of the estimated value of the concession contract

Article R3121-3

When the work or service is awarded in separate lots, the conceding authority takes into account the total estimated value of all the lots. The conceding authority may decide to implement either a com…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Availability of the jobseeker.

Article R5411-9

For the purposes of article L. 5411-6, a person is considered to be immediately available for employment if he or she is not engaged in any professional activity, is not undergoing any vocational trai…

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