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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-21 (art. A322-117)

…Address:Date of birth: Equestrian profession (1): If a legal entity:Name and corporate name: Legal form: Address of registered office:Name and position of the signatory of the declaration acting on b…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter X: Digital asset service providers

Article L54-10-2

…ding digital assets on behalf of third parties or access to digital assets, where applicable in the form of private cryptographic keys, with a view to holding, storing and transferring digital assets;…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Implementation.

Article L2331-2

…the application of the provisions of this Title, that the undertaking be included in the group thus formed. The request is forwarded by the head of the undertaking concerned to the head of the dominan…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Health record and compulsory examinations.

Article L2132-4

The persons exercising parental authority or those to whom a child has been entrusted shall be informed, in compliance with ethical rules, when a disability has been suspected, detected or reported in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions.

Article L3215-1

…e L. 3222-1 to maintain the psychiatric care measure of which a person is the subject, whatever the form, when the lifting of the measure is ordered by the representative of the State in the departmen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Health establishments responsible for psychiatric care without consent.

Article L3222-1-1

Persons admitted for psychiatric care without consent in the form of full hospitalisation, in application of Chapters II and III of Title I of this Book, may be taken in charge and transported to a he…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Admission to psychiatric care of prisoners suffering from mental disorders

Article L3214-3

…on the basis of a detailed medical certificate, admitting the detainee to psychiatric care in the form of full hospitalisation under the conditions set out in II of article L. 3214-1. The medical ce…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Temporary takings.

Article L3334-2

…Only group one and group three drinks as defined in article L. 3321-1 may be sold or offered in any form whatsoever in bars and cafés opened under these conditions. In the departments of Guadeloupe, G…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R132-5-1

…within a period set by the agreement; b) Systematic transmission and updating, in particular in the form of presentation sheets, of the information required to assess all the characteristics of the co…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 311-81

…311-9 is made, for at least 50% of its amount, in the form of a contract for the purchase of broadcasting rights or making them available to the public co…

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