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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nationals of a Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area wishing to settle in France

Article R222-27

Recognition of qualification enables the person concerned to obtain a sports agent's licence without having undergone the examination mentioned in article R. 222-14 or followed the prior training ment…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Use of labels

Article R2111-13

In the technical specifications, award criteria or performance conditions of a contract, the purchaser may require the economic operator to hold a particular label if it meets the conditions laid down…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Termination by agreement

Article D1237-3-1

The request for approval of the termination agreement provided for in article L. 1237-14 is made by teleservice. Where a party indicates to the competent administrative authority that it is unable to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions

Article L1128-1

…search or to authorise it, in the cases provided for by the Public Health Code or by Articles 28 to 31 of Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Hearings

Article R532-32

…ench Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons was taken pursuant to Articles L. 531-24 to L. 531-31 or L. 531-32 to L. 531-35, notice is sent to the parties by any means at least fi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-41-7

…to bring it into line with a decision of the European Commission referred to it under Articles 30, 31 and 36 of Directive 2001/83/EC of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal pro…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Conseil des ventes volontaires de meubles aux enchères publiques.

Article R321-43

The Conseil des maisons de vente adopts its budget, each year, before 31 December, on the proposal of the Chairman. The chairman implements the budget. The Council of auction houses deliberates on the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article R1424-23-1

…fficers in the departmental fire brigade is determined on the basis of a reference workforce set at 31 December of the previous year comprising professional fire brigades as well as volunteer fire bri…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Personalised support vouchers (R)

Article R1611-7

…le R. 1611-11 are returned to the issuer by the distributor on whose behalf they were issued before 31 January following the year of their validity. They shall be exchanged or reimbursed for their fac…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Charges for the transmission and distribution of electricity and gas and for oil pipelines (R)

Article R3333-8

…of fees to be collected under the provisions of articles R. 3333-4 to R. 3333-7 will be drawn up on 31 December of the year preceding the opening of each annual collection period. The amount of the fe…

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