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Showing 33813390 of 7195 articles for Art. n° 18PA03648 · CAA Marseille 31 March 2023

French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capital increases

Article R22-10-33

The additional publication in a notice published in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires of the notice informing shareholders of an issue of new shares or of securities giving access to the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-32

By way of derogation from article R. 214-32-29, a general-purpose investment fund may invest, in accordance with the principle of risk spreading, up to 100% of its assets in different eligible financi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R1324-6

Placing on the market and using materials and products intended for production, distribution and packaging installations that come into contact with water intended for human consumption, as referred t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Provision to the establishments mentioned in article L. 3221-4 of the assets allocated to the public service for combating mental illnesses

Article R3221-13

Where only part of a building belonging to the State or the département is made available, the establishments referred to in article L. 3221-4 may only carry out enlargement or demolition work with th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Safeguard measures

Article R4314-13

The safeguard measures provided for in article R. 4314-12 are also implemented when the Minister concerned is notified by the European Commission: 1° That a prohibition or restriction measure taken by…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Other appendices

Article Annexe E

Statement of information to be included on the statement of price revisions and/or updatesThis document must include the following information: - the contract reference and, where applicable, any docu…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Abnormally low tenders

Article L2152-5

An abnormally low bid is a bid whose price is clearly undervalued and likely to compromise the proper performance of the contract.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Content of the tenderer's offer for the design of works, equipment or intangible assets

Article L2222-3

Where the partnership contract entrusts the contractor with all or part of the design of the works, equipment or intangible assets, the bids must include an architectural project for the buildings.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: Financial implementation

Article L2391-1

Subject to the exceptions provided for by regulation, the provisions of this chapter apply to defence or security contracts awarded by the State and its public establishments.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Groups of economic operators

Article R2142-25

The assessment of the capacities of a group of economic operators is global. It is not required that each member of the group has all the capacities required to perform the contract.

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