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French Sports CodeIn force
Preliminary subsection: Prohibition on using the services of a person who has been the subject of an anti-doping sanction

Article R232-41-15

The Secretary General of the French Anti-Doping Agency shall inform the World Anti-Doping Agency, the International Federation concerned and, where applicable, the foreign National Anti-Doping Organis…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 15: Electronic communications services contracts

Article D224-59

In application of Article L. 224-42-3, providers of Internet access services or publicly accessible interpersonal communications services who subject the provision of these services to certain conditi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 15: Electronic communications services contracts

Article D224-58

…licly available electronic communications services shall communicate, pursuant to 1° of Article L. 224-27-1, the following information: 1° For each service provided, any minimum levels of service qual…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Common rules governing the practice of the profession

Article R4311-53

Articles R. 4113-4 to R. 4113-10, R. 4113-28 to R. 4113-33, R. 4113-109 to R. 4113-114 and R. 4124-3 to R. 4124-3-9 are applicable to nurses.For the application of article R. 4124-3-5 to nurses, 1°, 2…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Revision proceedings.

Article 595

…he has been judged on exhibits acknowledged or judicially declared to be false since the judgment; 4. If he has been judged on attestations, testimonies or oaths that have been judicially declared fa…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Forms of appeal

Article 576

The declaration of appeal must be made to the registrar of the court which handed down the contested decision.It must be signed by the registrar and by the applicant for judicial review himself or by…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-5

Reasons shall be given for the decision rejecting the application for a declaration of enforceability.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Automatic provisional enforcement

Article 514-5

The rejection of an application to set aside or halt provisional enforcement by operation of law and the reinstatement of provisional enforcement by operation of law may be made subject, at the reques…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to certain offences against the rules governing public land transport services

Article 529-5

Within the period stipulated in the previous article, the offender must pay the amount due under the transaction, unless he lodges a protest with the operator's department within three months of the o…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions relating to the works

Article 511-5

The physical elements of cinematographic works are identified and inventoried.

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