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

Article L232-13-1

Checks may be carried out : 1° In any place where a training session or event mentioned in article L. 230-3 is taking place; 2° In any establishment mentioned in article L. 322-2, in which physical or…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-3-4

The duration of the period of Ineligibility referred to in 2° of I of article L. 232-23 for a breach of 4° of article L. 232-10 and article L. 232-9-2 is four years. It may be reduced under the follow…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Law applicable to contracts

Article L232-2

Where the law governing the contract is that of a State which does not belong to the European Union, the consumer may not be deprived of the protection afforded to him by the provisions adopted by a M…

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

Article L232-20

By way of derogation from their professional secrecy obligations, customs officers, competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers, officers reporting to the Minister for Sport, officers of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts

Article L232-2

In commercial companies that meet one of the criteria defined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat and drawn from the number of employees or turnover, possibly taking into account the nature of the busines…

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

Article L232-14-1

Independently of the application of the provisions of Articles L. 232-13-1 and L. 232-14, the testing operations mentioned in Article L. 232-12 as well as those falling within the competence of the in…

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

Article L232-20-2

The judicial authority may, at the discretion of the public prosecutor, communicate to the French Anti-Doping Agency any information it gathers in the course of legal proceedings which may give rise t…

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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 Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts

Article L232-1

I. - At the close of each financial year the board of directors, the management board or the managers shall draw up the inventory, the annual accounts in accordance with the provisions of section 2 of…

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

Article L232-18-1

When the Secretary General of the Agence française de lutte contre le dopage decides to carry out the investigations mentioned in 3° of I of article L. 232-5, he shall authorise the investigators in a…

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