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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation

Article D112-15

The decisions of the Board of Directors are enforceable if, within fifteen days of their receipt, the Minister responsible for sport has not made any observations known. However, decisions relating to…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The works council and other social dialogue bodies

Article R114-59

In addition to the Director, who chairs it, the person in charge of human resources management and staff representatives, the Management Committee includes a representative of the region appointed by…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution.

Article L310-12-5

…he intermediary of persons it appoints for that purpose, on-site verifications of the information necessary for the financial supervision of branches of French insurance and reinsurance undertakings.…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Patentable inventions

Article L611-13

…e of the invention shall not be taken into consideration in the following two cases:-if it takes place within the six months preceding the filing date of the patent application;-if it results from the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Budgetary control

Article A211-46

Pursuant to the provisions of Article 223 of Decree No. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management, the budget controller shall in particular receive the following docu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-4-9

…e III of Book V or in Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 where one of the following conditions is met: 1° The investment firm fails to comply w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L4211-9-2

…first paragraph of Article L. 1121-1, the manufacture, import, export, distribution and use of advanced therapy medicinal products defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1394/2007 of the European…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The Interministerial Commission for the Recognition of the State of Natural Disaster

Article D125-3-3

…ion may decide that a deliberation will be organised by means of a telephone or audiovisual conference under the conditions laid down in Order no. 2014-1329 of 6 November 2014 relating to remote delib…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-33

…om the date on which he is notified of this decision by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, to sell his shares under the conditions provided for in articles 19 and 21 de la loi du 29 no…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 7: Issue of residence permits

Article R431-22

As an exception to article R. 431-20, when the application for a residence permit is lodged with the prefecture of the Bouches-du-Rhône department, the prefect of this department is competent to issue…

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