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French Sports CodeIn force
Single section Sports agents

Article A222-6

…een paid pursuant to the contract as it stood prior to the entry into force of the rider over the remaining term of the contract. Where the federation applies the provisions of the sixth paragraph of…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 4: Substitution of a new concession holder

Article R3135-6

The concession contract may be amended when a new concessionaire replaces the concessionaire to whom the concession-granting authority initially awarded the concession contract, in one of the followin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Variable capital

Article L231-6

…company, either as a result of his own will or as a result of a decision by the general meeting, remains liable, for a period of five years, towards the partners and towards third parties, for all th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Visits and seizures

Article L512-64

The conduct of the search and seizure operations may be appealed to the first president of the court of appeal within whose jurisdiction the judge authorised them, in accordance with the rules set out…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Relations between doctors and with members of other health professions.

Article R4127-60

The doctor must offer to consult a colleague as soon as circumstances require, or accept a request from the patient or those close to the patient. He must respect the patient's choice and, unless ther…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Relations between doctors and with members of other health professions.

Article R4127-65

A doctor may only be replaced in his practice on a temporary basis by a colleague registered on the roll of the ordre or by a student meeting the conditions laid down in article L. 4131-2. A doctor wh…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 63-5

Custody in police custody must be carried out in conditions that ensure respect for the dignity of the person. Only strictly necessary security measures may be imposed on the person in police custody.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Accounting and financial system

Article D211-67

…evenue and imprest accounts may be set up under the conditions laid down by Decree no. 2019-798 of 26 July 2019 on the revenue and imprest accounts of public bodies.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 11: Protest

Article L131-63

No act on the part of the bearer of the cheque may replace the act of protest, except in the case provided for in Articles L. 131-40 to L. 131-43 concerning the loss of the cheque.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Chairman and Vice-Chairman.

Article L1423-6

…may be re-elected on the condition that they alternate as provided for in article L. 1423-4. They remain in office until their successors are installed.

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