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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Other consequences

Article L232-23-5

…n with an in-competition test in individual sports, the competent federation or the organiser shall cancel the individual results obtained during the competition by the athlete who committed the viola…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 6: Personal interview

Article L531-13

…ring the personal interview. He/she will be heard, under the conditions laid down in article L. 521-6, in the language of his/her choice or in another language of which he/she has sufficient knowledge…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Enforcement measures

Article L633-13

…ated entity uses its membership of a financial conglomerate to evade, in whole or in part, the application of the sectoral rules to which it is subject, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résol…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Position limits

Article L420-15

Position limits and position management controls shall be transparent and non-discriminatory, shall state how they apply to persons and shall take into account the nature and composition of market par…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Occupational health

Article R1432-156

An occupational physician, governed by the provisions of articles L. 4623-1 to L. 4623-7 of the Labour Code, works in each regional health agency in accordance with the provisions of article L. 4622-3…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Household and other waste

Article R2224-23

…cted as a mixture;5°"Bio-waste": bio-waste as defined in article L. 541-1-1 of the Environment Code;6° "Sorting at source": sorting at source as defined in Article L. 541-1-1 of the Environment Code;7…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Breach of contract.

Article L1237-15

…11-2 may benefit from the provisions of this section. Notwithstanding the provisions of article L. 1237-14, the contractual termination is subject to authorisation by the Labour Inspector under the co…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the absence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-15

Article 815-17 is applicable to joint ownership creditors, as well as to the personal creditors of the joint owners. However, the latter may only bring about partition in cases where their debtor coul…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Declaration of absence

Article 131

Any interested party who has caused a declaration of absence to be made by fraud shall be required to restore to the absent person whose existence is judicially established the income from the propert…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Unsealing.

Article 1317

The applicant submits to the bailiff a list of the persons who are to be called to the unsealing, including those who had requested the affixing and the persons who are to be called to the inventory p…

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