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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Medical certificate

Article L231-2-1

…ition authorised by a delegated federation or organised by an approved federation is, subject to II and III of this article, subject to presentation of a licence allowing participation in competitions…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to insurance undertakings.

Article R322-1-2

For the application of the provisions of the second indent of the first paragraph of Article L. 322-2-3, the legally distinct undertaking entrusted with the management of legal protection claims is ei…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-25-1

An employee may, at his request and in agreement with his employer, give up anonymously and without consideration all or part of his untaken rest days, whether or not they have been allocated to a tim…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Storage receipts

Article R522-24-1

…egister referred to in Article L. 522-37-1 establishes the rules for the operation of this register and the conditions for the issue of storage receipts by general shop operators. In compliance with t…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation.

Article R5121-21-1

…t des produits de santé shall immediately inform the applicant that the application is inadmissible and of the procedure to be followed.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation.

Article R5121-29-1

…t authority of this State to confirm that the reference medicinal product is or has been authorised and to send him the full composition of the medicinal product and, where appropriate, any relevant d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1b: Special provisions applicable to beneficiaries of the insurance allowance following resignation

Article L5426-1-2

…ce allowance under the same II is met as long as the persons concerned are registered as jobseekers and are taking the necessary steps to implement their project. II - The reality of the steps taken t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: The jury

Article R212-10-2

…a category A official. In addition to the chairman, the selection board is made up of : - trainers and technical managers, at least half of whom are government employees ; - qualified representatives…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article R225-105-2

…olds exceed 100 million euros for the balance sheet total or 100 million euros for the net turnover and 500 for the average number of permanent employees during the financial year, the report of the i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Actions and resources of members of multidisciplinary occupational health teams.

Article L4624-2-1

…applicable, before they retire.The purpose of this medical examination is to establish traceability and an inventory, to date, of the exposure to one or more occupational risk factors mentioned in art…

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