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Showing 52215230 of 40353 articles for Art. 25-3 et seq.

French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Automated processing of personal data known as "Therapeutic Use Exemptions for Sportsmen and Sportswomen".

Article R232-85-3

…purpose of the processing mentioned in Article R. 232-85-2 is to : 1° Gathering information on athletes within the meaning of Article L. 230-3 who have been or are holders of a Therapeutic Use Exempt…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-35

…estroyed or serious harm to persons or property, the operations mentioned in Article 230-32 may be set up or prescribed by a judicial police officer. The latter shall immediately inform, by any means,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Legal proceedings.

Article L1144-3

…aken by or on behalf of that employee on the basis of provisions relating to professional equality between women and men is null and void when it is established that the dismissal has no real and seri…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article L1133-3

…ed in Article 226-27 of the Criminal Code, reproduced below: "The act of identifying a person by genetic fingerprinting for medical or scientific research purposes or of taking biological traces of an…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Authorisation and prior declaration

Article R331-3

…authorisation provided for in article L. 331-5 is requested at least three months before the date set for the event. Where the sporting event is a competition involving sports betting, the applicatio…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation

Article A212-33

In accordance with article R. 212-10-13, the authorised training body must: 1° Submit to the regional directorate for youth, sport and social cohesion a provisional annual calendar of training session…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Provisions relating to the carrying on of certain co-insurance operations by insurance undertakings

Article R321-33

…transaction to benefit from the exemption provided for in article L. 321-12, the transaction must meet the following criteria: 1° The risk is covered by a single contract at a single premium for the s…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title II: EXAMINATION OF THE REQUEST FOR TREATMENT OF OVERBELT SITUATION

Article L721-3

…26-13 of the Criminal Code.These provisions do not, however, preclude the application of the rules set out in Articles L. 751-1 to L. 752-3, within the limits set out in these articles.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative police powers of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article L5145-3

In the event of failure to comply with the rules laid down in application of 9° of article L. 5141-16 relating to advertising, the Agency may:1° Order the suspension or prohibition of advertising ;2°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R2123-3

The term of office of the full and alternate members of the committee is three years. They are renewable. In the case of the members mentioned in 3° of article R. 2123-2, the term of office ends when…

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