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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors.

Article D6431-3

The list of names of the members of the Agency's Board of Directors is drawn up by the Ministers for Overseas France and Health.

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2-1: Establishing the biological profile of athletes falling within the scope of Article L. 230-3

Article R232-67-3

Regardless of compliance with the requirements set out in paragraphs 1 and 2 above, a blood sample can only be used to establish a biological profile if it is taken: - either before a training session…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article Annexe de l'article R. 122-30

ISSUES FOR WHICH PROPOSALS FOR APPROPRIATE LICENCES ARE SUBMITTED TO MINISTERS I.-Minister responsible for national education -Centre national d'enseignement à distance (CNED) when it provides, on beh…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Decisions on public action

Article 367

If the accused is exempted from punishment or acquitted, if he is sentenced to a penalty other than a firm custodial sentence, or if he is sentenced to a firm custodial sentence covered by pre-trial d…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Exceptional aid to help offset the fall in activity in 2020

Article 919-30

To receive the exceptional aid, the distribution company must electronically submit the application form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Exceptional aid to help offset the fall in activity in 2020

Article 919-31

The granting of exceptional aid is subject to the provisions of national framework scheme no. SA.59722 authorised by the European Commission by decisions of 9 December 2020, 20 May 2020 C(2020) 3460 a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Discipline of sworn goods brokers Discipline of sworn goods brokers

Article L131-32

Any breach of the laws and regulations relating to his profession or his duties as a sworn goods broker and any breach of probity or honour, even relating to facts unrelated to the tasks entrusted to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Voluntary sales of furniture by public auction.

Article L321-33

The fact, for any person not on the list provided for in Article L. 321-29 to use the name referred to in that article, or a name with a resemblance likely to cause a misunderstanding in the mind of t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Voluntary sales of furniture by public auction.

Article L321-31

The organiser of the sale shall ensure that the expert whose assistance he enlists complies with the obligations and prohibitions respectively set out in the first paragraph of Article L. 321-30 and t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Voluntary sales of furniture by public auction.

Article L321-32

The expert mentioned in article L. 321-29 may not describe, present, estimate or put up for sale any property belonging to him, nor may he acquire, directly or indirectly on his own account, any prope…

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