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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Disputes

Article L512-2

The costs incurred by a protective measure are borne by the debtor, unless the court decides otherwise. If the court orders the debt to be released, the creditor may be ordered to pay compensation for…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: Attachment of property for payment

Article L211-2

…of seizure entails the immediate allocation to the distrainor of the seized debt, available in the hands of the third party, as well as all its accessories, up to the amount of the sums for which it i…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Searching for information

Article L152-2

Institutions authorised by law to hold deposit accounts must inform the enforcement agent whether one or more accounts, joint accounts or merged accounts have been opened in the name of the debtor, as…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L331-2

Creditors who are required to declare their claim and who fail to do so are deprived of the benefit of their security for the distribution of the sale price of the immovable.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: Rules applicable to certain contracts according to their purpose

Article L2172-2

…ligation to decorate public buildings award contracts for the purpose of fulfilling this obligation and choose the contractor after obtaining the opinion of an artistic committee, under conditions lai…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Preliminary book: MIXED PUBLIC PROCUREMENT

Article L2000-2

…contract intended to satisfy objectively indissociable requirements which are subject, on the one hand, to the ordinary law on contracts provided for in Book I of this Part and Book II thereof relati…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter V: Termination of the contract

Article L2195-2

The purchaser may terminate the contract in the event of force majeure.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter III: Valuation of public property by the holder of the partnership contract

Article L2233-2

Where the partnership contract is entered into by the purchaser for the purpose of carrying out an operation that meets the needs of another legal entity governed by public or private law for the perf…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of participation

Article L2342-2

…e territory of the European Union of the tools, materials, technical equipment, personnel, know-how and sources of supply at his disposal, does not have the technical capability to perform the contrac…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter III: Subcontracting

Article L2193-2

…r, subcontracting is the operation whereby an economic operator entrusts, by means of a subcontract and under its responsibility, to another person called a subcontractor, the performance of part of t…

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