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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Checking and recording offences

Article L425-3

The persons referred to in article L. 425-2 who are qualified doctors may carry out clinical medical examinations and take biological samples intended to reveal the use of prohibited methods or to det…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Compensation for the consequences of health risks

Article L1526-3

For its application in Wallis and Futuna, article L. 1142-1 is replaced by the following provisions: Art.L. 1142-1 -Where the sponsor is not liable, a medical accident, an iatrogenic condition or a no…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 1: Securities admitted to trading on a regulated market or a multilateral trading facility

Article R233-3

The debtor may, within one month of being notified of the seizure, order the sale of the seized securities. The proceeds of the sale are unavailable in the hands of the authorised intermediary to be u…

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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 L2521-3

The purchaser may terminate a public contract referred to in this Book under the conditions laid down in Book I. The purchaser may terminate a private law contract referred to in this Book under the c…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Transmission and receipt of invoices in electronic form

Article L2392-3

Without prejudice to Article L. 2392-2, the State and its public establishments accept invoices that comply with the electronic invoicing standard defined by regulation and sent in electronic form by…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2 : Programme and estimated financial budget for the project

Article L2421-3

The project owner draws up the programme and sets the estimated financial budget for the project before the project manager begins preliminary design studies.The project owner may specify the programm…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Setting up the dynamic acquisition system

Article R2162-38

When setting up a dynamic purchasing system and when the estimated value of the requirement is equal to or greater than the thresholds for the formalised procedure, the purchaser shall comply with the…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Setting up the dynamic acquisition system

Article R2162-37

The dynamic purchasing system may be subdivided into categories of supplies, services or works defined objectively on the basis of the characteristics of the contract to be performed in the category c…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose and award conditions

Article 821-3

Exhibitors wishing to receive support at the end of the period referred to in article 821-1 must first submit electronically, between 1 September and 31 October 2021, a form drawn up by the Centre nat…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 4: Interest on arrears, flat-rate compensation and additional compensation for recovery costs

Article D2192-35

The amount of the fixed indemnity for collection costs is set at 40 euros.

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