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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Relations between sports associations and companies

Article R122-8

…term of the agreement, which must end at the end of a sports season, but may not exceed five years; 7° The terms of renewal of the agreement, which must not include the possibility of tacit renewal. I…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Mandatory registered shares

Article L212-3

I. - Subject to the provisions of article L. 211-7, shares issued in French territory and subject to French law, of sociétés par actions, other than SICAVs, sociétés de placement à prépondérance immob…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Aggravated risks

Article L1141-2-1

…ity insurance for business loans and loans intended for the acquisition of the principal residence; 7° The study and research mechanisms for collecting, analysing and publishing available data on mort…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Levy and collection.

Article L1241-5

Embryonic or foetal tissues or cells may only be removed, preserved and used following termination of pregnancy for diagnostic, therapeutic or scientific purposes. The woman who has undergone a termin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Hygiene of buildings and built-up areas.

Article L1331-10

All discharges of non-domestic wastewater into the public sewerage system must be authorised in advance by the mayor or, where responsibility for sewerage at the point of discharge has been transferre…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Common provisions

Article L1527-1

…isions referring to health establishments, public health establishments and sanitary establishments;7° The reference to the health agency's pharmacy replaces the reference to an in-house pharmacy;8° T…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Effect on insurance contracts of the requisition of goods and services.

Article L160-8

In all cases other than those provided for in the third and fourth paragraphs of article L. 160-7, the insured must, within one month of becoming aware of the dispossession or the entry into force of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article L311-1

…the social protection insurance group companies referred to in Article L. 931-2-2 of the same code; 7° The supplementary occupational pension schemes mentioned in Article L. 381-1 of this Code,Article…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article D351-1

The rules governing the powers of the Corsican Sites Council, in its so-called "new tourist units" configuration, are defined byarticle R. 4421-1 of the General Local Authorities Code, reproduced belo…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Sectoral global markets

Article L2171-6

I. - Société du Grand Paris may award an overall contract to an economic operator for all or part of the design, construction and development of the infrastructure of the Greater Paris public transpor…

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