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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-17 b (art. A322-91)

…PN-C1 (*)BeginnersE-2 + PN-C4 (*)0 to 12 metres PE-12 training towards PN skillsE-2 + PN-C4 (*)0 to 20 metresPE-20 in training towards PN skillsE-2 + PN-C4 (*)0 to 40 metresPE-40 + PNE-3 + PN-C4 (*)Sp…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: AIF marketing and pre-marketing procedures.

Article R214-32-4-1-2

For the purposes of this section, with the exception of articles R. 214-32-20 and R. 214-32-35, references to Member States, Member States of the European Union and the European Union shall be underst…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Relations between the High Council and its foreign counterparts

Article R821-22

…ticles R. 821-16 à R. 821-19 and those resulting from the agreements provided for in article R. 821-20 are specified by the High Council in its rules of procedure.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Obligations of the guarantor

Article R7123-36

The guarantor who has paid the sums defined in article R. 7123-20 is subrogated, to the same extent, in all the rights of the employees, social security bodies and social institutions against the mode…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Exchange and dissemination of information

Article L512-20

…or the requirements of the Union harmonisation legislation mentioned in Annex I of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on market surveillance and p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Distribution and supply of labile blood products

Article D1221-20

…tored and issued by an emergency depot are set out in the agreement provided for in article R. 1221-20-2 between the health establishment and the referring blood establishment;This agreement also spec…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of confiscation orders issued by the courts of another Member State of the European Union

Article 713-19

…a confiscation order on the basis of one of the grounds referred to in 1°, 3° and 7° of article 713-20 or article 713-22, it shall, before taking a decision, notify the competent authority of the issu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions applicable to elected representatives who are public servants (R).

Article R2123-22

…and their public administrative establishments. However, the last two paragraphs of article R. 2123-20 do not apply to serving military personnel.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisation to practise for nationals of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area holding evidence of formal qualifications as a doctor issued by one of these States

Article R4131-29

…4131-1-1 in accordance with the same procedures as those set out in articles R. 4111-14 to R. 4111-20.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Authorisation to practise for nationals of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area holding evidence of formal qualifications as a midwife issued by one of these States

Article R4151-19

…151-5-1 in accordance with the same procedures as those laid down in articles R. 4111-14 to R. 4111-20.

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