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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 4: Contracts carried out as part of experimental programmes

Article R2172-34

…the jury of the national public programme, after publication of a contract notice. An experimental protocol is signed between the purchaser and the public body responsible for the national programme.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Professional capacity and training (R).

Article R2223-44

…alth and safety (sixteen hours); the psychology and sociology of bereavement (eight hours); funeral protocol, the practices and symbolism of the various funeral rites including cremation (sixteen hour…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Freedom to provide services in the activity of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction by nationals of Member States of the European Union and States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

Article L321-25

Persons practising the activity of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction on a permanent basis in their country of origin shall use, in France, their capacity expressed in the language or one…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Automated external defibrillators

Article L5233-1

A national database on the location and accessibility of automated external defibrillators throughout France is created using information supplied by the operators of these devices to a body designate…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Legal administration

Article 384

…bject to legal administration. The third party administrator has the powers conferred on him by the gift, the will or, failing that, those of a legal administrator. When the third-party administrator…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions (R)

Article R2321-1

…he grant finances movable property, equipment or studies, thirty years when the grant finances real estate or installations, and forty years when the grant finances infrastructure projects of national…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Modification of the jurisdiction of commercial courts following a new delimitation of administrative or judicial districts and the transfer of the registry of mixed commercial courts.

Article R743-171

…e same period.Net revenue is equal to the revenue collected by the office, as used to calculate the taxation of profits, less disbursements paid on behalf of clients and fees retroceded.The operating…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Embryo research

Article R2151-12

Any establishment or organisation that carries out embryo research is required to keep the protocol provided for in Article L. 2151-5, the documents attesting to the collection of the consents referre…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Adaptation of individual monitoring of workers' state of health

Article R4624-19

…if she so wishes, be referred to the occupational physician without delay, in accordance with the protocol referred to in Article L. 4624-1. The purpose of this new visit, carried out by the occupat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Emergency department structure.

Article R6123-20

…department to another care structure or to a social or medico-social structure, in accordance with protocols defined in advance by the managers of these structures. This organisation is the subject o…

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