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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 802

…ver, applications to intervene voluntarily, submissions relating to accrued rent, arrears, interest and other incidental costs and disbursements made up to the opening of the debates are admissible, i…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 806

…inform the parties of the names of the judges of the Chamber who will be called upon to deliberate and of the date on which judgment will be given. The procedure set out in Article 444 shall be follo…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation and operation of the national plant variety authority

Article D412-7

The person in charge of missions falling within the remit of the national plant variety authority is required to maintain secrecy on everything that has come to his knowledge in the performance of his…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation and operation of the national plant variety authority

Article D412-9

The person in charge of the tasks falling within the remit of the national plant variety authority may call upon any expert or person whose opinion he deems necessary.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Medical certificate

Article L231-4

The provisions of article L. 2336-3 of the French Defence Code define the conditions that must be met when issuing, renewing or validating a shooting licence in order for the presentation of this docu…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Medical certificate

Article L231-2

…icate establishing that there are no contraindications to the practice of the discipline concerned. II.-After simple advice from a collegiate body with medical competence, the federations mentioned in…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Medical certificate

Article L231-2-3

…plines, listed by decree, which present particular constraints, the issue or renewal of the licence and participation in competitions are subject to the production of a medical certificate dated less…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Medical certificate

Article L231-3

The doctor in charge, within the sports federation, of coordinating the examinations required as part of the specific medical monitoring provided for in article L. 231-6 may issue a certificate statin…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Compliance orders

Article L521-3

Where a trader subject to the provisions of Chapter I of Title II of Book II is manifestly unable to comply with his obligations under Article L. 221-15, the administrative authority responsible for c…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Compliance orders

Article L521-2

…tions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. In this case, the trader is informed of the nature and terms of the planned publicity during the adversarial procedure prior to the injunction being is…

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