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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Technical and safety guarantees

Article A322-21

All floors that are accessible barefoot and those of pool floors less than 1.50 metres deep are non-slip but not abrasive. To avoid water stagnation, the slopes of the decking should be between 3% and…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 4 - Automatic processing of personal data for the purpose of establishing the biological profile of athletes referred to in Article L. 230-3

Article R232-41-5

…g department of the Agence française de lutte contre le dopage ;2° For the data mentioned in 4° and 5° of the same article, the agents of the analysis department of this agency;3° For all the data men…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Execution of measures

Article R15-33-55

…and 131-24,132-55 of the Penal Code, R. 623-11 to R. 623-23 of the Penitentiary Code and L. 412-8 (5°) of the Social Security Code shall apply to the performance of the work provided for by 6° of Art…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-7-1

Lawyers and the persons mentioned in 18° of Article L. 561-2 may provide each other with information gathered for the purposes of implementing Articles L. 561-5, L. 561-5-1, L. 561-6, and L. 561-9 to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Control.

Article L5333-1

Competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers are empowered to investigate and record, under the conditions set out inarticle L. 511-5 of the Consumer Code: 1° Infringements of the provisio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Contracts with healthcare service providers

Article L1435-5

I.-The regional health agency organises, under conditions defined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, the public service mission of permanence of care mentioned in article L. 6314-1. Its procedures, draw…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Self-employed persons, members of the liberal professions and the self-employed.

Article L6331-50

The contributions referred to in Article L. 6331-48 are collected by the bodies referred to in Articles L. 213-1 and L. 752-4 of the Social Security Code and are paid to France Compétences, up to the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Equalisation of tax resources

Article R3335-5

…itions set out respectively in the second paragraph of Article R. 2334-4 and in Article R. 2334-5 ; 5° The median index corresponds to the median of the synthetic indices of resources and charges of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: National cosmetovigilance system

Article R5131-8

…of cosmetic products as defined in Article 2(1)(e) of the same Regulation; 4° Health professionals; 5° Professional users and consumers of cosmetic products.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions specific to specialised financing bodies

Article D214-240-5

…ith articles L. 214-190-2 and L. 214-177; 4° The date of incorporation and the term of the company; 5° The conditions and procedures for collective decision-making, including those allowing amendment…

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