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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: General rules applicable to the public contracts mentioned in Title I, with the exception of those relating to the public rail passenger transport service

Article L2521-2

The public contracts referred to in this Book are subject to Titles I and III of Act no. 75-1334 of 31 December 1975 relating to subcontracting.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: General rules applicable to the concession contracts mentioned in Title I, with the exception of those relating to public passenger transport services by rail

Article L3221-2

The award of the concession contracts mentioned in article L. 3214-1 is subject to the publication of an award notice under the conditions laid down by regulation.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Suspensive arrangements

Article 276

Any person or company intending to avail itself of a legal or regulatory provision to receive products free of value added tax may be required to present, beforehand, a solvent guarantor who undertake…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VI: Persons liable for payment of the tax

Article 283

1. Value added tax must be paid by the persons carrying out the taxable transactions, subject to the cases referred to in Articles 275 to 277 A where payment of the tax may be suspended.However, where…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article R4391-4

The following are laid down by order of the Minister for Health:1° The composition of the file submitted in support of the application for authorisation ;2° The composition of the aptitude test panel…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article R4391-3

The commission examines the knowledge, skills and competencies acquired during the person's initial training, professional experience and lifelong learning which have been validated by a competent bod…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks

Article R6123-3

I.-The Regional Committee for Employment, Vocational Training and Guidance is responsible for the diagnosis, study, monitoring and evaluation of policies required to ensure coordination between those…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 219

I.-For tax calculation purposes, taxable profit is rounded to the nearest euro. The fraction of a euro equal to 0.50 is counted as 1.The standard rate of tax is set at 25%.However:a. The net amount of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article A37-21

In order to record offences subject to the fixed fine procedure and to receive payment for them, where payment is made immediately, ticketing officers use standard counterfoil receipt books, measuring…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article A37-22

Two flaps, placed after the cover page, enable the use of the ten bundles (each containing five sheets) contained in the booklet to be tracked by the issuing authority.

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