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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Applicable procedures

Article R2372-2

…hose estimated value is equal to or greater than the formal procedure thresholds, the purchaser may use: 1° a restricted invitation to tender under the conditions laid down in Article R. 2372-3 ; 2° O…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 212-6

Projects for original French-language works or, if at least two different languages are used, works in which French or a regional language used in France is the most widely used language, are eligible…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe à l'article R314-3

…sses on an annual basis the equality between, on the one hand, the sum of the present values of the uses of the credit and, on the other hand, the sum of the present values of the amounts of repayment…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for using the account

Article R4163-12

Points are used up in accordance with the scale set out in article R. 4163-11 in increments of 10 points for the uses set out in 2° and 3° of this article and point by point for the use set out in 1°…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Explosion prevention

Article R4227-42

The provisions of this section do not apply to the following places or activities: 1° Areas used directly for and during the medical treatment of patients; 2° Use of gas appliances; 3° Manufacture, ha…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Worker information and training

Article R4323-106

The employer shall ensure that workers required to use personal protective equipment receive appropriate training, including, where necessary, practice in wearing the equipment. This training shall be…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Preparation, audit and approval of accounts

Article 514

…to the person who has become capable if he has not already received them, to the person newly entrusted with the management measure or to the heirs of the protected person. The preceding paragraphs…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Exercise of the reduction

Article 924-3

…s have the effect of deferring payment of the compensation beyond ten years from the opening of the estate. The provisions of article 828 shall then apply to the payment of the sums due.In the absence…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Seizures of property

Article 706-150

During the investigation in flagrante delicto or the preliminary investigation, the liberty and custody judge, at the request of the public prosecutor, may order, by reasoned decision, the seizure, at…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Financial provisions (R)

Article R5711-3

…be produced are as follows: 1° Operating expenditure/actual operating expenditure; 2° Operating and estate income/actual operating revenue; 3° Transfers received/actual operating revenue; 4° Borrowing…

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