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Showing 50815090 of 45698 articles for Art. Décret 81-255 du 3-3-1981

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Links of interest and transparency

Article L1451-3

…and the financial holdings in respect of the direct links of interest declared, as well as the procedures for filing, updating and keeping it, shall be laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L3311-3

…guidelines and programmes likely to improve this situation. The content of this report and the procedures for its preparation are laid down by decree..

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Digital asset service providers

Article R775-35

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same tabl…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Procedure with negotiation

Article R2124-3

The contracting authority may award its contracts using the procedure with negotiation in the following cases:1° When the need cannot be met without adapting immediately available solutions;2° When th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Administrative police measures

Article R612-34

…the urgency of the matter, the supervisory board has reached a decision without an adversarial procedure, the AMF will immediately initiate the adversarial procedure described in section 3. The AMF sh…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: French National Olympic and Sports Committee

Article L141-3-1

The French National Olympic and Sports Committee has drawn up a charter on respect for the principles of the Republic in the field of sport.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-2-3

In order to ensure the protection of professional athletes and trainers and to guarantee the fairness of competitions, any contract by which a sports association or a company mentioned in articles L.…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Medical certificate

Article L231-2-3

…raints, the issue or renewal of the licence and participation in competitions are subject to the production of a medical certificate dated less than a year ago establishing that there are no contraind…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: French Anti-Doping Agency

Article L232-7-3

The Sanctions Committee may set up sections chaired by one of the persons mentioned in 1° of Article L. 232-7-2.The vice-chairman chairs the Sanctions Committee if the chairman is absent. If the Chair…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: Insurance obligation

Article L321-3-1

…ithin the meaning of the first paragraph of article 1242 of the Civil Code, when practising a sport during a sporting event or training for this sporting event in a place reserved permanently or tempo…

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