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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Safety requirements for football, handball, field and indoor hockey goal cages and basketball goals

Article R322-23

When placed on the market and up to the final purchaser stage, football, handball and hockey goalposts and basketball goals are accompanied by instructions for use specifying their assembly, installat…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The jury

Article A212-24

Jury members who take part in meetings and deliberations by means of audiovisual communication attend the meeting in its entirety, from the opening of the session until the final decision is taken, un…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Beverages.

Article L3351-2

Importing or manufacturing, purchasing, holding or putting into circulation with a view to sale, offering for sale, selling or offering free of charge drinks prohibited by article L. 3322-3 (1° and 3°…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article L622-22

Subject to the provisions of article L. 625-3, the proceedings in progress are interrupted until the pursuing creditor has declared his claim. They are then resumed ipso jure, the judicial representat…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Matrimonial brokerage contracts

Article R224-2

In the event of termination of the contract for a legitimate reason as provided for in article L. 224-90, the price initially agreed is reduced in proportion, respectively, to the duration of the cont…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Commission des clauses abusives

Article R822-29

Committee meetings are not open to the public. In the absence of a consensus, the committee decides by a majority of the votes of the members present. In the event of a tie, the chairman of the meetin…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 1a: Information sent to the public prosecutor prior to referral to the guardianship judge

Article 1216-2

The application shall also contain, where known and useful, the following information, specifying how it was gathered: - the composition of the family of the person to be protected, their living condi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
General provisions

Article 803-2

Any person who is brought before the investigating judge after being held in police custody or detained at the request of the public prosecutor or the sentence enforcement judge must appear the same d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5142-2

The opening of an establishment referred to in Article L. 5142-1 is subject to an authorisation issued by the Agence nationale chargée de la sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Implementation

Article L7332-2

The cooperative for activity and employment is responsible for the application, for the benefit of the associate salaried entrepreneurs, of the provisions of Book I of Part Three relating to working h…

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