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

Article L232-12

…e carried out by the Director of the Testing Department of the French Anti-Doping Agency, who may delegate this task to agents under his hierarchical authority. The persons mentioned in article L. 232…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Expertise procedure for medical accidents

Article L1142-12

The Regional Commission appoints a panel of experts from the national list of medical accident experts, ensuring that these experts meet all the conditions required to guarantee their independence fro…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Audit of operating accounts

Article L251-12

When there is a professional agreement made compulsory on the basis of article L. 132-25-1 of the Intellectual Property Code, providing in particular for the definition of the production cost of an au…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The banques populaires network

Article L512-12

In order to guarantee the liquidity and solvency of the banques populaires network, the central body for savings banks and banques populaires referred to in Article L. 512-106 has at its disposal the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Undeclared work.

Article L8271-12

Where a company's registered office is located in jointly occupied premises, in accordance witharticle L. 123-10 of the French Commercial Code, which punishes certain offences relating to the register…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Debt consolidation

Article L314-12

When a credit transaction is intended to group together credits mentioned in article L. 313-1, the new credit agreement is subject to chapitre III. Any credit consolidation transaction secured by a mo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Enlarged health, safety and working conditions committee

Article L4523-12

The provisions of Article L. 4523-11 do not apply to establishments comprising at least one basic nuclear facility in which the managers of external companies and representatives of their employees ar…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IIIa: Dental assistants

Article L4393-12

The competent authority may, after obtaining the opinion of a committee composed in particular of professionals, individually authorise to practise the profession of dental assistant nationals of a Me…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Provisions adapting Book VI.

Article L946-12

In Article L. 621-84, the obligation on the court to take account of the provisions contained in 1°, 2°, 3° and 4° of Article L. 331-7 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code means the following requir…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4421-12

The methods of election and operation, the powers and competences of the territorial council of the order of doctors, dental surgeons or midwives of Wallis and Futuna are identical to those of the dep…

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