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Showing 86018610 of 11860 articles for Art. CA Paris – 9 Jan. 2019 – no. 18/09522

French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation

Article A212-30

All training organisations must comply with all the general and specific clauses of the specifications in order to be approved. An accredited training organisation is deemed to meet the general clause…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Events subject to authorisation

Article A331-21

…e A. 331-20 includes one or more liaison sections within the meaning of article R. 331-18, the application for authorisation must also include a list of participants with their surname, first name, da…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to establishments organising underwater diving using air, oxygen or mixtures other than air

Article A322-72

…of a divemaster present at the place where the divers are launched or immersed. He or she is technically responsible for the organisation of the dive, the measures to be taken to ensure the safety of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Regional planning and development

Article 722 bis

The 2% rate of transfer duty provided for in Article 719 is reduced to 0% for acquisitions of businesses and clienteles made in the zones franches urbaines-territoires entrepreneurs defined in B of 3…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Publicity of budgets and accounts

Article L4313-1

…in the third paragraph of this article as well as the report sent to the regional council on the occasion of the debate on the budget guidelines for the financial year provided for in article L. 4312…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Falsified medicinal products

Article L5421-13

…nal product is dangerous to human health ; 2° These same offences have been committed by pharmaceutical establishments authorised in accordance with article L. 5124-3, brokers declared in accordance w…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3a: Investigation assistants

Article R15-17-5

…rvision of the judicial police officer or the judicial police agent, where the latter is competent, carry out the acts and procedures provided for in Article 21-3. They may draw up a report of these a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Blood transfusion activities

Article R1222-37

Each team carrying out whole blood sampling at a fixed or mobile site includes, in addition to the presence of a person mentioned in II of Article R. 1222-17: a) A person authorised to carry out the s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Applications for authorisation

Article R1333-119

I.-The application for authorisation must be accompanied by a file containing :1° A description of the nuclear activity to be carried out and the reasons for this ;2° General information about the est…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article R1511-4-2

…assemblies of the territorial authorities and their groupings determine the conditions for the allocation, liquidation, payment, cancellation and repayment of aid granted under this section. Benefit…

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