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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Budgetary control

Article A211-63-1

…uthorising officer, the budget controller shall draw up a document setting out the detailed list of acts subject to approval or opinion, the amounts of the approval or opinion thresholds, the format o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Research on the human embryo, human embryonic stem cells and human induced pluripotent stem cells

Article L2163-3

As stated in Article 511-17 of the Criminal Code, reproduced below: Art. 511-17-The act of conceiving human embryos in vitro or creating them by cloning for industrial or commercial purposes is punish…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for amending the single copy and the certificate of transferability in the case of services entrusted to a subcontractor eligible for direct payment

Article R2393-29

When the contractor intends to entrust to subcontractors benefiting from direct payment, after notification of the contract, the performance of services for an amount greater than that indicated in th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Registration, land registration, property wealth tax, stamp duty

Article 1717 bis

…rmally due are payable, at the latest, on expiry of a period of three months from the date of these acts.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Responsibilities

Article L4433-3-2

The regional councils of the overseas regions shall be consulted on proposals for acts of the European Union which concern their region by the Minister for Overseas France. The provisions of the secon…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: OVERSEAS REGIONS

Article L4434-5

…h of the regions concerned a global allocation for cultural development which is set by the Finance Act under the conditions set out in articles L. 1614-1 and L. 1614-3. This allocation replaces the c…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter X: Legal protection of minors and adults

Article 1259-5

…o articles 485 and 493 of the Civil Code, the future protection agent or an ad hoc agent to perform acts not covered by the mandate may only be appealed by the mandator or the beneficiary of the manda…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Financial organisation.

Article L6145-3

If the authorising officer fails to act, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency may, after a formal notice has remained unanswered for a period set by regulation, automatically authorise p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS INVOLVING LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES, GROUPS OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES AND OTHER LEGAL ENTITIES GOVERNED BY PUBLIC LAW

Article L5721-4

…of Book I of Part Three relating to legality control and the publicity and entry into force of the acts of the departmental authorities are applicable to the mixed syndicates governed by this Title.T…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XI: The European Public Prosecutor's Office

Article D47-1-45

…ith the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 696-109, the Deputy European Public Prosecutor acts as Public Prosecutor before the Investigating Chamber or the Criminal Appeals Chamber, and may…

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