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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Provisions specific to certain local public services

Article L1852-4

…ation et adaptation du droit applicable en matière de sécurité civile en Polynésie française, après avis du gouvernement de la Polynésie française et du conseil d'administration de l'établissement pub…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Powers

Article LO6414-1

…l'Etat délivrent, dans le cadre de la réglementation applicable à Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon et après avis du conseil exécutif, les autorisations ou actes relatifs à l'utilisation et à l'occupation du s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Concerted exercise of powers

Article L1111-9-2

…ontre l'artificialisation des sols et à renforcer l'accompagnement des élus locaux ou à défaut d'un avis conforme donné dans les conditions prévues au premier alinéa du présent I dans un délai de six…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: CONSUMER INFORMATION

Article D111-17

Any person carrying on the activity referred to in Article L. 111-7-2 shall indicate clearly and visibly:

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Entering into an innovation partnership

Article R2172-27

A prior information notice or a periodic indicative notice may not be used in place of the contract notice.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Special provisions concerning the content of award notices

Article R2183-6

Where the call for competition was made in the form of a prior information notice or a periodic indicative notice and the purchaser has decided not to award any new contracts during the period covered…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Advisory procedure

Article 122-5

Prior consultation with reading committees or readers is carried out in one of the following ways:1° Only projects that have received a favourable opinion from reading committees or readers are submit…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Prior information notices and periodic indicative notices of purchasers' intention to award a contract

Article R2131-1

The purchaser may make known his intention to award a contract by publishing, in the case of the contracting authority, a prior information notice, or, in the case of the contracting entity, a periodi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: CONSUMER INFORMATION

Article D111-16

For the application of the provisions of Article L. 111-7-2, an online review means the expression of a consumer's opinion on their consumer experience through any element of assessment, whether quali…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Open invitation to tender

Article R2161-3

The minimum period laid down in Article R. 2161-2 may be reduced: 1° To fifteen days if the purchaser has published a prior information notice or a periodic indicative notice that has not been used as…

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