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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation

Article R211-13-3

…ncil sitting on a disciplinary panel, impose a disciplinary sanction on any athlete or trainee who has breached the institution's operating rules. This disciplinary panel includes the members mentione…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-13-1

…f Chapter III of Title I of Book III of the Consumer Code subject to the provisions relating to the assessment of consumer solvency includes as a precondition the provision to the consumer of an inves…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10a: Parallel distribution

Article R5121-136-2

At the time of each parallel distribution operation, the company responsible for the parallel distribution of the medicinal product notifies the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Derogation from the weekly working time in the event of combination with another part-time employment contract

Article D5132-26-13

…ent for a part-time employment contract with an employer other than those mentioned in articles L. 5132-4 and L. 5213-13; 2° A document specifying the employment support measures that it plans to impl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Digital health space, shared medical file and pharmaceutical file

Article L1111-13-2

…s of people in accessing and using the Internet and IT tools, while prohibiting any discrimination based on geographical location, resources or disability. In particular, this decree specifies the fra…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The constitution of the European company.

Article D229-13-1

…rred to in the third paragraph of Article L. 229-3 less than six months old, a file containing at least the following documents: 1° The articles of association of the société européenne; 2° The common…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Import and export

Article R5121-135-1

I.- Articles R. 5121-133 to R. 5121-135 do not apply to gene therapy and xenogenic cell therapy preparations. II-Any gene therapy or xenogenic cell therapy preparation that does not have the authorisa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-13-1

…the manufacture of medicated feed within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2019/4 of 11 December 2018, as well as for the associations representing them, to receive benefits in kind or in cash, in any fo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Leave

Article R6153-1-13

…oned in article R. 6153-1-14, on the list drawn up pursuant toarticle 28 of decree no. 86-442 of 14 March 1986 relating to the appointment of approved doctors, the organisation of medical committees a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART ONE

Article Annexe 13-7

…AINST IONISING RADIATIONThe terms "radioactive substance", "radioactive material" and "radioactive waste" are defined in article L. 542-1-1 of the French Environment Code.Accelerator: equipment or ins…

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