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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions relating to the implementation by organisers of profit-making sporting events of automated processing of personal data for the purposes of Article L. 332-1

Article R332-17

…s shall have access to all or part of the personal data and information mentioned in article R. 332-15, within the scope of their duties and for the exclusive purposes of the missions entrusted to the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Forfeiture rules

Article L518-24

…ving been served with either the requisition for payment, the terms of which are set out in article 15 of the order of 3 July 1816, or one of the acts referred to in articles 2241 and 2244 of the Civi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Employer representation at professional branch level

Article L2152-1

…s' organisations are representative:1° which meet the criteria mentioned in 1° to 5° of article L. 2151-1 ;2° Which have a balanced territorial coverage within the branch;3° Whose member companies and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Offences common to the various forms of commercial company

Article L247-1

…Failing to include in the company's notes to the accounts the table provided for in Article L. 233-15 and containing information with a view to showing the situation of the said subsidiaries and hold…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Submission and processing of applications

Article R612-2

…se stipulated, to all acts and the receipt of all notifications provided for in the articles R. 611-15 to R. 611-20, R. 612-1 to R. 613-3, R. 613-44 to R. 613-65, R. 616-1 to R. 616-3 and R. 618-1 to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Health rules applicable to swimming pools

Article D1332-7

…order of the Ministry of Health. III. -In the vicinity of whirlpool baths, a warning not to exceed 15 minutes' use and advising against access by children under the age of ten is displayed. IV - The…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors

Article R1418-14

…on public budgetary and accounting management. Decisions relating to the matters set out in 4° and 15° of article R. 1418-13 are forwarded to the ministers responsible for health, the budget and the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Authorisation of derogations

Article R1453-18

…the person mentioned in article L. 1453-5, to the competent authority mentioned in article R. 1453-15. The competent authority takes a decision within two months of receipt of the application. Howeve…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO BOOK I

Article R2641-1

…absence," are deleted; 2° In Article R. 2122-1, references to Articles L. 184-1, L. 511-11, L. 511-15, L. 511-16 and L. 511-19 to L. 511-21 of the French Construction and Housing Code are replaced by…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial provisions

Article L5211-26

…sembly adopts, before 31 March of the year in which the public establishment is wound up, or before 15 April of the year in which the deliberative bodies are renewed, a budget for the winding-up finan…

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