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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Education, re-education and vocational training centres

Article R5213-13

Requests for subsidies submitted by collective rehabilitation, re-education or vocational training centres or by companies in charge of their centres receiving disabled workers under the conditions se…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Special provisions

Article L1525-1

The provisions of article L. 1522-1 concerning the majority shareholding of local authorities and their groupings are not applicable: 1° To semi-public companies set up under the Decree-Laws of 5 Nove…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions for issuing the European arrest warrant.

Article 695-16

The Public Prosecutor's Office at the investigating, trial or enforcement court that has issued an arrest warrant shall execute it in the form of a European arrest warrant either at the request of the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Novation

Article 1333

Novation by change of creditor requires the debtor's consent. The latter may, in advance, agree to the new creditor being designated by the first creditor.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to ski lifts and conveyors.

Article R342-19

Articles R. 2241-8 to R. 2241-10, R. 2241-12 to R. 2241-15, R. 2241-17 and R. 2241-18, R. 2241-21 to R. 2241-26 and R. 2241-30, R. 2241-34 to R. 2241-36 are applicable to ski lift and conveyor service…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Concessions.

Article R2223-17

A list of concessions whose state of abandonment has been established in accordance with articles R. 2223-12 to R. 2223-16.This list is deposited at the office of the cemetery curator, if this post ex…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General rules governing the composition of assets

Article R214-11

I. - The eligible financial securities and money market instruments referred to in I of article L. 214-20 are :1° Either eligible financial securities and money market instruments admitted to trading…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions applicable to clinical trials on medicinal products

Article L1124-1

I.- Clinical trials of medicinal products are governed by the provisions of Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014. The competent authority for carr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Criminal penalties

Article 1774

Persons guilty of any of the offences referred to in 1° to 4° of 1 of Article 1772 and in Article 1773 may be deprived of civic, civil and family rights, in accordance with the procedures set out in a…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegated federations

Article L131-15-2

The delegated federations, where applicable in coordination with the professional leagues that they have created, and within the framework of the guidelines set by the Minister responsible for sport,…

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