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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R2121-2

Where a purchaser is made up of separate operational units, the total estimated value of the contracts awarded for the needs of the various operational units shall be taken into account. However, wher…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article L2511-21

A joint committee made up of an equal number of representatives of the borough mayor and the mayor of the municipality or the mayor of Paris, appointed from among the elected councillors, defines the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article L2511-23

The articles L. 2131-1 to L. 2131-6 and L. 2131-8 are applicable, subject to the provisions below, to the deliberations of the arrondissement councils, with the exception of those taken in application…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article L2511-22

To exercise the powers of the arrondissement council, the city council or the Paris council delegates, in the cases and under the conditions that it determines, to the arrondissement council the power…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article L2511-24

Associations take part in municipal life. In each arrondissement a borough initiative and consultation committee is created. This committee brings together representatives of local associations or mem…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article L2511-20

Housing allocated by the municipality or the City of Paris and located in the arrondissement is allocated half by the arrondissement mayor and half by the mayor of the municipality or by the mayor of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L6113-2

The ministries, national joint employment committees of professional branches, organisations and bodies responsible for registering one or more professional qualifications registered in the national r…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Interception of telecommunications correspondence

Article D32-2

The notification provided for in Article 100-8 shall be made using the form set out in Annex C to Directive 2014/41/EU of 3 April 2014 on the European Investigation Order in criminal matters.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Participation of midwives in medically assisted procreation activities

Article D4151-21

Midwives are part of the multidisciplinary clinical-biological medical team mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 2141-10. In this capacity, they take part in the individual interviews mentio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Participation of midwives in medically assisted procreation activities

Article D4151-24

For each couple, the midwives help to ensure that the joint medical record referred to in the second paragraph of Article R. 2142-8 is properly kept. When they work in a medically assisted procreation…

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