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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2-1: Establishing the biological profile of athletes falling within the scope of Article L. 230-3

Article R232-67-3

Regardless of compliance with the requirements set out in paragraphs 1 and 2 above, a blood sample can only be used to establish a biological profile if it is taken: - either before a training session…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Bodies and operations

Article L5211-11-3

…the establishment, it includes the mayors of the member municipalities. The conference of mayors meets on the basis of an agenda. It meets, on a set agenda, at the initiative of the president of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Constitution and organisation of the medical reserve

Article L3132-3

…s of persons who may join the health reserve mentioned in article L. 3132-1; 2° The maximum period between the date on which former healthcare professionals cease their activity and the date on which…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 300 bis

…ontact with each other by electronic means with a view to carrying out economic transactions that meet the following cumulative conditions: 1° These transactions include at least one of the following…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article R236-36

…draft terms of cross-border demerger shall contain the following information: 1° The indicative timetable envisaged for the cross-border division; 2° The date or dates from which the operations of th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Management of the special reserve.

Article D3324-36

…address to which notices of dividend payments and interest due dates, redeemable securities and assets that have become available are to be sent and, where applicable, the account into which the corr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Budgetary and accounting provisions

Article D4425-30

…grant/population; > 6° Staff costs/real operating expenditure; > 7° Real operating expenditure and net debt/ population; 7° Real operating expenditure and annual capital repayment of debt/real operati…

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

Article D5217-36

The accounting officer of the metropolitan authority is solely responsible for:1° Taking all necessary steps to collect revenues, legacies and donations and other resources allocated to the service of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Assistant pharmacists.

Article R5125-34

…r the manager of the pharmacy after their death ; 2° In a mutualist pharmacy or a mining relief society, with the manager; 3° In a pharmacy for internal use, with the pharmacist in charge of managemen…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local semi-public companies

Article L1862-3

…tion of the second paragraph of Article L. 1521-1, the words: "or that the law assigns to the Lyon metropolitan authority" and the words: "or the Lyon metropolitan authority" are deleted.III.-For the…

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