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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorised examinations and samples.

Article R232-46-1

The testing operations referred to in Article L. 232-14-1 may only be carried out if the athlete has given his consent. This consent may be sought and obtained by: the director of the testing departme…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions specific to patient care provided in another Member State of the European Union

Article R1111-56

…between national authorities or national eHealth contact points established on the basis of Article 14 of Directive 2011/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 on the appl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L2334-3

For the application of articles L. 2334-5, L. 2334-7, L. 2334-14-1 and L. 2334-20 to L. 2334-23, the communes are classified by demographic groups determined according to the size of their population.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation and operation of the High Council

Article R821-2

…4 to 2058 of the Civil Code, and grant grace periods under the conditions set out in article R. 821-14-11 ; 6° Is the authorising officer for revenue and expenditure; 7° May set up revenue and expendi…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R221-6

…R. 522-12 to R. 522-14.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Common provisions

Article R532-7

…rried out in accordance with the conditions set out in articles 61 et seq. of decree no. 55-1350 of 14 October 1955 implementing decree no. 55-22 of 4 January 1955 on the reform of land registration,…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article L613-17-2

…icinal products constitutes an infringement punishable by the penalties laid down in Article L. 615-14 of this code.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Undivided usufruct.

Article 815-18

…r as they are compatible with the rules of usufruct. The notifications provided for by articles 815-14, 815-15 and 815-16 must be sent to any bare owner and any usufructuary. However, a usufructuary m…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Guarantee institutions against the risk of non-payment.

Article L3253-17

The guarantee provided by the guarantee institutions referred to in article L. 3253-14 is limited, for all sums and claims advanced combined, to one or more amounts determined by decree, with referenc…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Measures to assist production companies

Article 917-1

…inancial aids to which the production companies can claim in application of article 211-26, between 14 October and 29 October 2020, are those fixed in article 917-2.

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