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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Advances

Article R2193-19

As soon as the contractor fulfils the conditions to benefit from an advance payment, an advance payment is made, at their request, to the subcontractors benefiting from direct payment. For the purpose…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R2391-19

The provisions of articles R. 2191-23 to R. 2191-25 apply.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 4: Contracts involving major technical contingencies

Article R2372-19

In defence or security contracts involving significant technical risks, in particular those involving development work or those relating to maintaining equipment in operational condition, the purchase…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Verification of housing conditions

Article R434-19

Specifically authorised officials from the local authority's social affairs or housing departments or, at the request of the mayor, officials from the French Office for Immigration and Integration may…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Transmission of the request by the public prosecutor.

Article 728-19

The representative of the public prosecutor shall forward to the competent authority of the executing State a certified copy of the sentencing decision and the original or a copy of the certificate re…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Procedures before committees

Article R712-19

When the overindebtedness commission sends a letter by ordinary post, it may also send it by fax or electronically. In this case, the technical process used must ensure the authentication of the sende…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Access conditions for associations

Article R343-19

The competent administrative authority shall draw up a list of associations authorised to propose representatives for access to the waiting area under the conditions laid down in this section.Authoris…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commencement of employment, management, remuneration and benefits

Article R6153-19

For the application of articles R. 6153-14 to R. 6153-18, the matter is referred to the medical committee either by the director general of the regional health agency of the subdivision to which the r…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Filing formalities

Article R512-19

Any entry made in the National Designs Register shall be mentioned in the Bulletin officiel de la propriété industrielle. Any interested person may obtain from the Institute: 1° A certificate of ident…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Receipt of applications for recognition and monitoring of convictions and probation decisions

Article 764-19

The competent public prosecutor is the one in whose jurisdiction the convicted person's lawful habitual residence is located. Failing this, the public prosecutor at the Paris judicial court has jurisd…

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