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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: French Anti-Doping Agency

Article L232-5

…bservations;11° It is consulted on any draft law or regulation relating to the fight against doping;12° For the purposes of planning, implementing, evaluating and promoting anti-doping education, it d…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Scope of the tax

Article 208 C

…ets in financial instruments amending Council Directives 85/611/EEC and 93/6/EEC and Directive 2000/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 93/22/EEC, whose…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions specific to specialised financing bodies

Article L214-190-1

I. - The assets referred to in II of article L. 214-168 are financial instruments, receivables or any other asset within the meaning of article L. 214-154, or risk or cash sub-participations. Direct o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information on national territory.

Article L631-2-1

…vernor of the Banque de France, require the persons mentioned in 1° and 9° of A of I of Article L. 612-2 as well as the persons defined in Article L. 533-2-1 to implement a counter-cyclical cushion pr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-27-2

…tioned in article LO 132-2-1 of the Financial Jurisdictions Code and those mentioned in article L. 612-5-1 of the Social Security Code, as well as those of the bodies created to contribute to the fina…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions

Article R4421-1-1

…na, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: ARTICLES AS AMENDED BY R. 4126-1Decree no. 2019-1286 of 3 December 2019 R. 4126-1-1 Decree no. 2010-344 of 31 March 2010 R. 412…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Work permit categories and authorised professional activities

Article R5221-2

…L. 233-5 of the same code; 2° An employee seconded under the conditions set out in articles L. 1262-1 and L. 1262-2 of this code and working regularly and habitually for an employer established i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1. Transferable securities, company rights and similar securities

Article 150-0 A

…curities, corporate rights, securities mentioned in 1° of article 118 and to 6° and 7° of l'article 120, rights relating to these values, rights or securities or securities representing the same value…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Informing and obtaining the consent of the person undergoing research involving the human person

Article L1122-1

…esearch ;2° The expected benefits and, in the case of research mentioned in 1° or 2° of Article L. 1121-1, the foreseeable risks and constraints, including in the event of the research being terminate…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-16-1

I.-For the duration of the research referred to in 1° of article L. 1121-1, the sponsor provides free of charge the investigational medicinal products and, where applicable, the ancillary medicinal pr…

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