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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-10-3

It is forbidden for any person to aid or abet, or attempt to aid or abet, a violation of the anti-doping rules.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-18-3

…crecy may not be invoked against the French Anti-Doping Agency and its investigators or, where applicable, against the persons or authorities mentioned in article L. 232-18-2, when they are assisting…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Organisations exempt from administrative approval.

Article R*322-135

Operations carried out in application of the treaty concluded by the company or fund which replaces the organisation exempted from administrative authorisation are considered to be direct insurance op…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Organisations exempt from administrative approval.

Article R*322-136

Authorised reinsurance undertakings may, on the assets side of the balance sheet, allocate to the representation of the provision for outstanding claims corresponding to the transactions referred to i…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-30-1

In the cases mentioned in the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 356-2, when the participating insurance or reinsurance undertaking, the insurance group company, the union mutualiste de groupe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Payment of personal transport costs.

Article L3261-3-1

…personal pedal-assist cycle or motorised personal transport device or as a driver or passenger in a car-sharing scheme, or on public transport, with the exception of the season ticket costs mentioned…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation of the agency committee

Article R1432-115-3

The staff representatives on the Commission are appointed by the trade unions represented on the Agency and Working Conditions Committee from among its full or alternate members. The total number of s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions applicable to Paris.

Article R*3131-15

The powers vested in the representative of the State in the department by this chapter are exercised in Paris by the Prefect of Police.

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

Article R5121-37-1

…ust immediately forward to the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products, indicating the scope of the information, any new data which it has or becomes aware of which could lead…

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

Article R5121-38-1

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may require samples and mock-ups to be submitted when the medicinal product is marketed.

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