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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-13-1

Subject to the provisions of Article L. 1453-6, it is prohibited for the professionals mentioned in Article L. 5143-2, the groups mentioned in Article L. 5143-6 and for feed business operators approve…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers of the delegated federations

Article R131-34

…the application, in compliance with French law, of the regulations of its international federation; 2° Be proportionate to the requirements of the regulated sporting activity; 3° Provide reasonable de…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-42

Deeds and documents intended for third parties, in particular letters, invoices, advertisements and various publications, emanating from a company for the liberal practice of industrial property attor…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the national body responsible for managing the professional identification card for employees in the building and public works sector

Article R8291-4

The personal data collected by the union of funds mentioned in Article R. 8291-2 as part of the management of the professional identification card for employees in the building and public works sector…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Technical protection and information measures

Article L331-9

…te copy exception, including on a medium and in a digital format, under the conditions mentioned in 2° of Article L. 122-5 and 2° of article L. 211-3.The Autorité de régulation de la communication aud…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: National protocols

Article L4011-3

…osts payable to healthcare professionals by the insured persons and by the health insurance scheme; 2° 1°, 2°, 5° and 6° of Article L. 160-8 of the Social Security Code, insofar as they concern costs…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Undertakings for collective real estate investment.

Article R214-119

…t advances referred to in article L. 214-42 to companies that do not meet the conditions set out in 2° and 3° of article R. 214-85 up to a limit of 10% of its assets.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article R228-32-1

…the standardised formats, interoperability and languages for the transmission of such information; 2° Article 4 of these regulations, with regard to notices of general meetings; > and 3° Article 5, c…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Classification.

Article D321-5

The inspection certificate referred to in Article D. 321-4 includes: a) An inspection report certifying compliance with the classification table for the category requested and stating the opinion of t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Technical and safety guarantees

Article A322-33

These provisions apply to slides in which the user slides on a film of water generated for this purpose. They comply with any national transposition of standard NF EN 1069, parts 1 and 2.

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