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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 5: Electronic catalogues

Article R2162-55

…eement of the date and time at which it intends to collect this information and shall give them the option of refusing to do so. It shall allow an appropriate period of time between notification and t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIa: Customs detention and criminal proceedings

Article L716-10

…ions provided for in d, is not constituted in the event of a pharmacist exercising the substitution option provided for in Article L. 5125-23 of the Public Health Code.When the offences provided for i…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Subscribing associations.

Article R141-6

…ucts may change; 8° The procedures for surrendering, transferring or paying policy benefits; 9° The option to take out loans granted by the insurance company. The General Meeting may delegate to the B…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2a: Judicial public interest agreements

Article R15-33-60-2

…ant to Article 180-2, if he has not done so previously, the Public Prosecutor shall make use of the option provided for in II of Article 77-2. The proposed agreement specifies: 1° The corporate name o…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VII: Commercial jurisdictions and the organisation of commerce.

Article Annexe VII

…ata are the agents authorised to process your application. With the exception of data identified as optional, responses are mandatory to enable your request to be processed. The loi n° 78-17 du 6 janv…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VII: Commercial jurisdictions and the organisation of commerce.

Article Annexe XI

…ata are the agents authorised to process your application. With the exception of data identified as optional, responses are mandatory to enable your request to be processed. The loi n° 78-17 du 6 janv…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L1235-1

…of which is determined, without prejudice to statutory, contractual or conventional indemnities, by reference to a scale set by decree according to the employee's length of service.The minutes recordi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Form, content and transmission of the contract.

Article L1242-12-1

…1242-2, it also includes :1° The words "fixed-term contract for a defined purpose";2° The title and references of the collective agreement establishing this contract;3° A clause describing the project…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Public Health Agency

Article L1413-3

…member. A decree specifies the organisation of this network; 2° On a network of national centres of reference for the fight against communicable diseases, the designation procedures and missions of wh…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter IV: Persons responsible for the amicable recovery of debts

Article R124-4

…for payment of the debt;5° Reproduction of the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 111-8.The references and date of dispatch of the letter referred to in the first paragraph are recalled when a…

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