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Showing 39813990 of 67734 articles for Art. R 221-2 and R 221-3

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Facilities and services managed by the network's establishments under public service delegations.

Article R712-36

1° Establishments in the network may not use the proceeds of taxes of any kind allocated to them or resources from their other activities to ensure the balance of a public service delegation agreement…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Facilities and services managed by the network's establishments under public service delegations.

Article R712-37

The supervisory authority consults, as necessary, with the local authorities or their conceding groupings, the relevant decentralised departments, the regional chamber of commerce and industry and the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Filing of contracts in the non-industrial and non-commercial public sector

Article R6275-3

The departmental unit of the Direction régionale des entreprises, de la concurrence, de la consommation, du travail et de l'emploi will give its decision within twenty days of receipt of all the docum…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R6113-35

To carry out its tasks, the agency may in particular: 1° Acquire the necessary movable or immovable property; 2° Allocate, from its own budget and within the framework of agreements approved by its Bo…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Compensatory benefits.

Article 276-3

Compensatory allowance fixed in the form of an annuity may be revised, suspended or withdrawn in the event of a significant change in the resources or needs of either party. The revision may not have…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorised examinations and samples.

Article R232-46-3

Subject to the definition provided by each federation mentioned in 3° of article L. 230-2, the competition period begins at 11.59 p.m. on the day before a competition in which the athlete is due to ta…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Single chapter: Processing of personal data known as the "interministerial information system for victims of attacks and disasters".

Article R2-15-3

The data and information mentioned in 1° of Article R. 2-15-1 are kept for six months from the date of the event. The data and information referred to in 2° of the same article are kept for ten years…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 6: Financial guarantee.

Article R211-33

The guarantee ceases when it is executed or for the following reasons:loss of membership of the collective guarantee body or of a group of non-profit-making associations or bodies, or cancellation of…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to sub-contracts

Article R2393-3

The provisions of sub-section 1 specify the procedures by which the purchaser may require the holder of a defence or security contract to use a competitive tendering procedure to select its sub-contra…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article R5221-3

The provisions of this Title do not apply to: 1° Instruments, apparatus, equipment, materials or other articles, including software, intended to be used for research purposes without pursuing medical…

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