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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Interruption of the payment period

Article R2192-27

Where the request for payment does not include all the documents and information required by law or by the contract, or where these are incorrect or inconsistent, the time limit for payment may be int…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Interruption of the payment period

Article R2192-29

Once all the documents and information provided for in article R. 2192-27 have been received, a new payment period is opened. This period is thirty days or equal to the balance remaining on the date o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Designation of the inventor and claim of ownership.

Article R611-20

From the day on which a person has furnished proof that he has brought an action, the proprietor of the patent application or patent may not withdraw the application or renounce the patent in its enti…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter VI: RULES APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN CONCESSION CONTRACTS

Article R3126-2

Where a concession contract covers both an activity referred to in b of 2° of article R. 3126-1 and another service activity, it is awarded: 1° In accordance with the rules applicable to its main purp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Application to the armed forces health service

Article R1131-23

For the application of the provisions of this chapter, army hospitals shall be considered as public health establishments. For the medical biology analysis laboratories in these hospitals, the Ministe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Economic and financial provisions

Article R5312-21

Pôle emploi is subject to economic and financial control by the State under the conditions set out in Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management.Pôle emploi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Economic and financial provisions

Article R5312-23

The internal rules governing contracts and purchasing specify in particular the contracts for which the Regional Directors have contracting authority.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Economic and financial provisions

Article R5312-20

Pôle emploi's accounts are certified by two statutory auditors.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Economic and financial provisions

Article R5312-22

Expenditure and revenue transactions in the first two sections of the Pôle emploi budget are presented in third-party accounts. The agreements relating to the mandates entrusted to Pôle emploi define…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Economic and financial provisions

Article R5312-24

Pôle emploi is not subject to Chapter II of Title II of Book I of the regulatory part of the Code du Domaine de l'Etat and to the provisions of Decree No. 86-455 of 14 March 1986 relating to the aboli…

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