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French Sports CodeIn force
Preliminary subsection: Prohibition on using the services of a person who has been the subject of an anti-doping sanction

Article R232-41-15

…oreign National Anti-Doping Organisation concerned, of the identity of the persons to whom athletes may not have recourse or whose services they may not seek under Article L. 232-9-1.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Patient care by the mobile emergency and intensive care unit

Article R6123-15-1

…coordinated by the emergency medical assistance service (SAMU) for the zone mentioned in article R. 3131-7, in the following cases : 1° When the network mentioned in article R. 6123-26 is unable to me…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Single chapter: Search and recording

Article L541-2

…L. 541-1 are applicable to New Caledonia subject to the following adaptations: 1° A l'article L. 512-2, the words: "and breaches are recorded" are replaced by the words: "are recorded"; 2° In Article…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Examination of the appeal

Article R212-7-28

At their request, the Commission nationale d'aménagement cinématographique will hear the mayor of the municipality in which the cinema is to be located, the author of the application for authorisation…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Examination of the appeal

Article R212-7-26

The Commission nationale d'aménagement cinématographique is convened by its chairman. The members of the Commission receive the agenda, together with the minutes of the meetings of the departmental fi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Examination of the appeal

Article R212-7-25

The secretariat of the Commission nationale d'aménagement cinématographique examines appeals, under the authority of the commission chairman.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Examination of the appeal

Article R212-7-29

The Government Commissioner obtains the opinion of the Minister for Culture, which he presents to the Commission nationale d'aménagement cinématographique. He gives his opinion on the applications exa…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Letters rogatory

Article 154

The provisions of articles 61-1 and 61-2 relating to the hearing of a suspected person or a victim as well as Articles 61-3 and 62-2 to 64-1 are applicable during the execution of letters rogatory. Th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Preliminary investigation

Article 75-2

The judicial police officer conducting a preliminary investigation into a crime or misdemeanour notifies the public prosecutor as soon as a person against whom there is evidence giving rise to a presu…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Letters rogatory to foreign countries

Article 734-2

The Public Prosecutor's Office at the issuing court shall immediately forward the letter rogatory to the Minister of Justice for transmission, unless by virtue of a treaty the transmission must be mad…

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