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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: Contracts comprising inseparable services

Article L1312-2

When a conceding authority concludes a single contract intended to satisfy objectively indissociable needs which, on the one hand, are covered by the ordinary law on concession contracts provided for…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of the agency

Article 706-162

The Agency is administered by a Board of Directors, chaired by a judge appointed by decree.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of the agency

Article 706-163

The agency's resources comprise:1° Subsidies, advances and other contributions from the State and its public establishments, the European Union, local authorities, their groupings and their public est…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Combating tuberculosis and leprosy.

Article L3112-2

…s centre and a leprosy centre for the purposes of their tuberculosis and leprosy control activities.II - The tuberculosis centres and leprosy centres contribute to the prevention, screening and treatm…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Combating tuberculosis and leprosy.

Article L3112-1

Vaccination with the BCG anti-tuberculosis vaccine is compulsory, unless there are recognised medical contraindications, at certain ages and depending on the living environment or the risks involved i…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Who may buy or sell.

Article 1597

Judges, their deputies, magistrates acting as public prosecutors, court clerks, bailiffs, lawyers, unofficial defenders and notaries, may not become assignees of litigious suits, rights and actions wh…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Who may buy or sell.

Article 1594

Anyone not prohibited by law may buy or sell.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Who may buy or sell.

Article 1596

Cannot make themselves purchasers, on pain of nullity, either by themselves or by interposed persons: Guardians, of the property of those of whom they have guardianship; Agents, of the property they a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-2-2

…heir means of delivery mentioned in 1° and 2° of I of Article L. 1333-9, à l'article L. 1333-11, in II of articles L. 1333-13-3 and L. 1333-13-4 and in articles L. 1333-13-5, L. 2339-14, L. 2339-15, L…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XLIX: Tax credit for low-income housing associations investing in new housing in overseas France

Article 244 quater X

…ut in 1, has been completed for more than twenty years and is located in the districts mentioned in II of article 9-1 of Law no. 2003-710 of 1 August 2003 on town planning and urban renewal and in the…

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