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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Information provided at the request of unsuccessful candidates or tenderers

Article R3125-3

…ll inform tenderers who have submitted a tender that has not been eliminated pursuant to article L. 3124-2 of the characteristics and relative advantages of the tender selected, within fifteen days of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Recourse in the event of non-acceptance and non-payment.

Article L511-38

…payment has not taken place;2° Even before maturity:a) If there has been a total or partial refusal of acceptance;b) In the event of safeguard, reorganisation or judicial winding-up proceedings of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Recourse in the event of non-acceptance and non-payment.

Article L511-39

Refusal of acceptance or payment must be recorded in a notarised deed known as a protest faute d'acceptation or faute de paiement. The protest in default of acceptance must be made within the time lim…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Special provisions in the absence of a court-appointed administrator.

Article L627-3

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Entry on the list of persons qualified in industrial property matters

Article R421-3

As stated in Article R. 79 of the Code of Criminal Procedure: (...) bulletin no. 2 of the criminal record is issued: (....) 24° To the Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industr…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title II: Information to be provided by distributors and rules of conduct

Article R521-3

Where, when offering or concluding a life insurance or capitalisation contract, the insurer provides a prospective policyholder or a prospective member with figures relating to the amount of possible…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedure applicable to requests for disclosure or production of documents

Article R153-3

On pain of inadmissibility, the party or third party to the proceedings who invokes the protection of business secrecy for a document whose communication or production is requested shall provide the j…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Control of plant and animal species harmful to human health

Article D1338-3

Bodies designated by order of the ministers responsible for health, the environment and agriculture may contribute to the measures mentioned in article D. 1338-2, where these are national in scope. Th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Requirements relating to the design and installation of electrical installations

Article R4215-3

…ve part is accessible to workers, except in premises and locations where there is a particular risk of electric shock, which are subject to special requirements laid down in Articles R. 4226-9, R. 422…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Admission to psychiatric care by decision of the State representative

Article R3213-3

Medical certificates and opinions drawn up in application of the provisions of this chapter shall be precise and reasoned. They shall be typed. When they conclude that it is necessary to lift a full h…

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