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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-14-3

When the athlete's consent has been obtained in accordance with the conditions set out in article L. 232-14-2, the testing operations referred to in article L. 232-14-1 may be initiated on the basis o…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-9-3

Any combination of three breaches of the whereabouts obligations set out in article L. 232-15 during a continuous period of twelve months is subject to the administrative sanctions set out in articles…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-10-3

It is forbidden for any person to aid or abet, or attempt to aid or abet, a violation of the anti-doping rules.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-18-3

In the context of the investigations mentioned in articles L. 232-5 and L. 232-18-1, professional secrecy may not be invoked against the French Anti-Doping Agency and its investigators or, where appli…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-20-3

…e laboratory used by the Agency for the analysis of the Samples shall give it access to the Samples and related information so that it can make use of them.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Merchant accounting

Article R123-208-3

…ipt or delivered against receipt.If the application is incomplete, the regional chamber of commerce and industry or chamber of trade and craft notifies the interested party of the list of missing docu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Merchant accounting

Article A123-80-3

…ar chamber or his representative. It includes the following information: 1° The holder's birth name and, where applicable, surname, first names, date and place of birth, nationality, home address; 2°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-37-1

…ng authorisation holder must immediately forward to the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products, indicating the scope of the information, any new data which it has or becomes a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-38-1

…eral of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may require samples and mock-ups to be submitted when the medicinal product is marketed.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-36-2

…procedure or a decentralised procedure for which France is designated as the reference Member State and at least one different strength or pharmaceutical form of this medicinal product is marketed in…

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