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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: "Sports performance" speciality

Article A212-55

The "sports performance" speciality of the Higher State Diploma in Youth, Popular Education and Sport is organised into subject areas defined by decree.This order specifies in particular, where applic…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: "Sports performance" speciality

Article A212-54

A "sports performance" speciality of the Higher State Diploma in Youth, Popular Education and Sport is hereby created, which confers on its holder the following skills as attested by the certification…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: "Sports performance" speciality

Article A212-57

…on 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 presentation followed b…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Optional provisional enforcement

Article 516

…he decision which it is intended to render enforceable, subject to the provisions of Articles 517-2 and 517-3.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 50

…articles, on the part of the officials named therein, will be prosecuted before the judicial court, and punishable by a fine of 3 to 30 euros.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Final proceedings before the Police Court

Article 538

…is required, it shall be provided by the police court judge, in accordance with articles 114,119,120and 121. The provisions of article 463, paragraph 3, are applicable.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-50-1

Without prejudice to the provisions of 2° of Article R. 5121-50, each year the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé publishes on its website the list of medicinal produc…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Common provisions

Article 20-5

The provisions contained in articles 19-3 and 19-4 are not applicable to children born in France to diplomatic agents or career consuls of foreign nationality. However, these children have the option…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Special provisions

Article R112-50

The provisions of articles R. 112-40 and R. 112-45 do not apply in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Reunion Island, Mayotte, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin, Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, Wallis and…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 3: Seizure incidents

Article L221-5

…or opposing creditors who have made themselves known prior to the verification of the seized assets and those who, prior to the seizure, have taken a protective measure or published a security interes…

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