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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorised examinations and samples.

Article R232-46

The decision prescribing a test mentioned in article R. 232-45 is taken by the Director of the Testing Department of the Agence française de lutte contre le dopage and designates the person or persons…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3

Article R421-47

The guarantee fund may use the excess of its resources over its current expenditure to acquire the financial instruments referred to in article L. 211-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code and real est…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Opposition

Article R613-44

…letin officiel de la propriété industrielle of the mention of the grant of the contested patent. It may be filed by a natural person or legal entity acting personally or through an agent meeting the c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Accreditation and quality control

Article L6221-4

…another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area may carry out the analytical phase of a medical biology examination begun in France, for insured per…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition and operation

Article R321-40

…the specific provisions laid down in disciplinary matters in the second paragraph of Article R. 321-48.It shall exercise its powers in disciplinary matters under the conditions set out in Articles R.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Other service providers

Article L773-40

…ed in the right-hand column of the same table: Article applicable In the wording resulting from L. 54-10-1 and L. 54-10-2 Act no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 54-10-3 to L. 54-10-5Ordinance no. 2020-154…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Other service providers

Article L774-40

…d in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 54-10-1 and L. 54-10-2 Act no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 54-10-3 to L. 54-10-5 Ordinance no. 2020-15…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Setting up and closing down the social and economic committee

Article R2313-4

…ce in accordance with the fourth paragraph of article L. 2313-8, the social and economic committee, may, within a period of fifteen days from the date on which they were informed, contest the employer…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Administrative penalties

Article L242-18-4

Any breach of the provisions of articles L. 224-25-5 to L. 224-25-9 relating to the formation, modification and duration of the contract is punishable by an administrative fine of up to 3,000 euros fo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L613-34-4

…ation to foreign natural or legal persons, the collège de résolution and the collège de supervision may, in the performance of their task of preventing and resolving banking crises, exchange informati…

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