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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L1613-1

…December 2008 on amending finances for 2008 and 1.2.4.2 and II du 6 de l'article 77 de la loi n° 2009-1673 du 30 décembre 2009 de finances pour 2010.In 2012, this amount is equal to €41,389,752,000.In…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article R490-6

Where the judge intends to request the opinion of the European Commission pursuant to the provisions of Article 15(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The decision or opinion of the departmental committee.

Article R752-19

Within ten days of the committee meeting or the date of tacit authorisation, the committee's decision or opinion is:1° Notified by the prefect to the applicant and, if the project requires planning pe…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title IX: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R391-1

…of Chapter IV and Titles V, VI and VII. "Article R. 310-4 is applicable as amended by Decree no. 2019-1235 of 27 November 2019 transposing the regulatory provisions of Directive (EU) 2017/828 of 17 Ma…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-8

…al product or product with regard to the risks as defined in the first paragraph of Article L. 5121-9. This decree also determines the conditions under which it may lapse. The authorisation may be mod…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article D5842-3

…5211-5-2 are applicable in French Polynesia in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2021-258 of 9 March 2021 subject to the adaptations provided for in II to V.II. - For the application of Article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-37-1

…it balance of the medicinal product or product as defined in the first paragraph of Article L. 5121-9. It shall forward the results of all studies, in particular safety and efficacy studies, and the r…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Publication procedures

Article R2383-1

For defence or security contracts meeting a need whose value is equal to or greater than the European thresholds set out in a notice annexed to this code, the purchaser shall send an award notice for…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: The Competition Authority.

Article R462-1

Notices issued pursuant to articles L. 410-2 and L. 462-2 are published with the texts to which they relate. Notices issued pursuant to article L. 462-1 intended for a parliamentary committee or the G…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article R2224-29-1

For the application of articles R. 2224-26 and R. 2224-29, the opinion of the deliberative body of the municipality or group of local authorities is deemed to be favourable when the latter, duly reque…

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