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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Technical and safety guarantees

Article A322-19

Technical and safety guarantees for equipment in the establishments mentioned in article D. 322-12, where aquatic, bathing or swimming activities are practised, are governed by this paragraph. They ar…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Execution of measures

Article R15-33-55-4

…composition includes the measure of prohibition from leaving the national territory provided for by 12° of article 41-2, the offender shall surrender his passport to the court clerk or to the person d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Technical capacity of points of entry into France

Article R3115-22

…Zone. The frequency of exercises to implement the contingency plan provided for in article R. 3115-12 is two years for entry points.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Closing of the financial year and appropriation of profits.

Article R6145-53

When the profit and loss account for one of the activities mentioned in 1° of article R. 6145-12 shows a deficit for three consecutive financial years, the continuation of the activity must be express…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Specific provisions relating to assignment subledgers

Article R342-3

…icle R. 342-1 at their realisable value determined in accordance with articles R. 343-11 and R. 343-12. Any difference between this value and the previous book value is recognised in the insurance und…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to socio-judicial supervision

Article R61-33

…der mobile electronic surveillance, pursuant to the fourth paragraph of article 763-3, this measure may only concern an adult who is still in prison either following the initial conviction, or because…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-20

…bioavailability studies for generic proprietary medicinal products as defined in 5° of Article L. 5121-1, the procedure for inclusion in the register of generic groups referred to in Article L. 5121-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of negotiations

Article L2312-19

…ny agreement, concluded under the conditions provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 2232-12 or, in the absence of a trade union delegate, an agreement between the employer and the Social an…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article L7125-14

…e of the minimum growth wage per hour.The provisional amount of training expenses under article L. 7125-12 may not be less than 2% of the total amount of the functional allowances that may be allocate…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules governing the devolution of surnames and customary names

Article 311-23

…e second parent-child relationship is established and then during the child's minority, the parents may, by joint declaration before the civil registrar, choose either to substitute the surname of the…

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