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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Disposals, acquisitions and transfers

Article R1333-153

I.-It is forbidden1° To transfer, whether temporarily or permanently, electrical equipment emitting ionising radiation, accelerators and radioactive sources, whether in return for payment or free of c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Agreements between regional health agencies and health insurance organisations

Article R1434-15

The agreement provided for in 3° of article L. 1434-6, concluded between the Director General of the Regional Health Agency and the representative of each of the health insurance schemes in the region…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Information and documents to be submitted with the tender

Article R2351-15

Where the purchaser lays down requirements relating to security of supply, he may in particular request, in the consultation documents, that the tenderer's tender include: 1° certification or document…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduction in the rental value of certain properties

Article 1518 A

Two-thirds of the rental values used to establish local taxes are taken into account for airports and for facilities designed to combat water and atmospheric pollution that are subject to exceptional…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Conduct of the competition

Article R2162-15

The purchaser shall publish a design contest notice under the conditions set out in articles R. 2131-12, R. 2131-13 and R. 2131-16 to R. 2131-20. If the purchaser intends to award a service contract t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Landing zones

Article A322-155

The operator must obtain permission from the landowner. The landing zone must be accessible to emergency services. Prior to the first jump in the facility, jumpers receive training on the drop zone an…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1 : Examination for admission to the probationary period, probationary period and examination to qualify as a court-appointed administrator

Article R811-15

The duration of the traineeship is at least three years and at most six years. The traineeship consists of the practice of activities enabling the acquisition of sufficient experience in the professio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Disposals, acquisitions and transfers

Article R1333-155

…ation source or a batch of radioactive sources in category A, B or C as defined in appendix 13-7 shall give rise to the establishment, by the purchaser, of an acknowledgement of receipt of the ionisin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Control

Article R6333-15

The use of funds which do not comply with the rules defined by articles R. 6332-22, R. 6333-7, R. 6333-9, R. 6333-11, R. 6333-13 and R. 6333-14 give rise to a payment of an equal amount to the Treasur…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Periodic updating of the rental value of built and unbuilt properties

Article 1518 ter

I. - In the interval between two updates provided for in III, the rates defined in 2 of B of II of Article 1498 are updated by the tax authorities on the basis of changes in rents recorded in the decl…

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