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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Sub-title II: Courts with jurisdiction to prosecute, investigate and try crimes against humanity and war crimes and offences

Article 628-5

In the cases provided for in the articles 628-2 to 628-4, the committal or arrest warrant retains its enforceability; prosecution or investigative acts and formalities carried out before the decision…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Specialisation in "sports development

Article A212-52

The assessment situation for the certification of the cross-disciplinary transferable units, whatever the speciality (UC1 and UC2), is carried out by means of a personal written document and an oral p…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Specialisation in "sports development

Article A212-50

The "sports development" speciality of the state diploma for youth, popular education and sport is organised into subject areas.In particular, the following are specified- the requirements prior to en…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Specialisation in "sports development

Article A212-51

The four units (UC) making up the State Diploma in Youth, Popular Education and Sport are defined by the following professional skills: In the two transversal units (UC), whatever the speciality: UC 1…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Sporting events on public roads or roads open to public traffic not involving land motor vehicles

Article A331-5

The competent administrative authority issues a declaration receipt to the organiser when the application is complete, no later than three weeks before the date of the event. If necessary, it will sen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Companies with fifty or more employees.

Article L2143-5

In companies with at least two thousand employees and at least two establishments with at least fifty employees each, each representative trade union in the company may appoint a central company trade…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Public policy

Article L3122-5

An employee is considered to be a night worker if : 1° Either he performs, at least twice a week, according to his usual working hours, at least three hours of night work per day; 2° Or, during a refe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Weekly and Sunday rest.

Article L3164-5

The ban on working on Sundays provided for in article L. 3132-3 does not apply to apprentices under the age of eighteen employed in sectors where this is justified by the particular characteristics of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medically assisted procreation.

Article L2162-5

As stated in article 511-24 of the French Penal Code , reproduced below: "The act of carrying out medically assisted procreation activities for purposes other than those defined in article L. 2141-2 o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-5

Investments accepted to represent the mathematical provisions of variable capital life insurance or capitalisation contracts, in which the sum insured is determined by reference to a reference value,…

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