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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1612-19

…ies are kept informed as soon as they meet of the opinions formulated by the regional audit chamber and of the orders issued by the representative of the State in application of the provisions of this…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1872-1

…L. 1612-11, l'article L. 1612-12, the articles L. 1612-13 to L. 1612-15, L. 1612-16 to L. 1612-19-1 and the I of Article L. 1612-20 shall apply to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adapt…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Changes of forenames and surnames.

Article 61-1

Any interested party may lodge an objection with the Conseil d'Etat to the decree changing the name within two months of its publication in the Journal officiel. A decree changing the name takes effec…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-1

…wn in this chapter is subject to the control of the judicial authorities referred to in articles 12 and 13. Any person on national territory must agree to submit to an identity check carried out under…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-11

…the persons mentioned in article L. 232-13 are authorised to carry out tests ordered by the Agency and sworn in, as well as persons working on behalf of a body mentioned in the first paragraph of II…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-15

…nce française de lutte contre le dopage (French Anti-Doping Agency) are required to provide precise and up-to-date information on their whereabouts to enable the tests mentioned in article L. 232-5 to…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-10

…th by medical personnel involving a Prohibited Substance or a Prohibited Method used for legitimate and lawful therapeutic purposes or for which there is some other acceptable justification; b) Action…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-12

…the presence of prohibited substances in the body. Only the persons mentioned in article L. 232-11 and who are authorised to do so by the Public Health Code may take blood samples. If they are doctor…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-16

…tests are carried out under the conditions set out in articles L. 232-12, L. 232-13-1, L. 232-13-2 and L. 232-14 to L. 232-14-4.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-14

…cle L. 232-11 may only enter the places mentioned in 1° to 3° of article L. 232-13-1 between 6 a.m. and 11 p.m., or at any time when these places are open to the public or when a sporting event or tra…

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