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Showing 231240 of 57180 articles for Art. L 232-25 · Art. R 743-140

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

Article L232-18-7

The liberty and custody judge of the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the premises to be visited are located or the liberty and custody judge of the judicial court provided for by the decree r…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Investigations

Article R232-86-4

The results of the investigations are set out in a written report. This report shall indicate, in particular, any facts that may constitute violations of the anti-doping rules or a criminal offence. W…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative organisation

Article R232-12-1

I.-The Sanctions Committee may set up sections of three or five members, chaired by a person mentioned in 1° of Article L. 232-7-2. The Sanctions Committee may only sit in plenary session if at least…

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

Article L232-9

I. - The presence in an athlete's sample of any of the substances on the prohibited list referred to in the last paragraph of this article, their metabolites or markers, is prohibited. It is the respo…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: French Anti-Doping Agency

Article L232-6

The College of the French Anti-Doping Agency comprises nine members appointed by decree:1° Three members of the administrative and judicial courts:-a Conseiller d'Etat, appointed by the Vice-President…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Disclosure of accounts

Article L232-23

I. - Every joint-stock company is required to file with the court registry, to be appended to the register of commerce and companies, within one month of the approval of the annual accounts by the gen…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2-1: Establishing the biological profile of athletes falling within the scope of Article L. 230-3

Article R232-67-4

When a blood sample is taken, the test report or an attached document, the model for which is determined by the College of the French Anti-Doping Agency, must include, in addition to the information p…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-3-12

Any person who receives a period of Ineligibility of more than four years may, after serving four years of such period of Ineligibility, participate as an athlete in local sporting events organised by…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Law applicable to contracts

Article L232-1

Notwithstanding any stipulation to the contrary, the consumer may not be deprived of the protection afforded to him by the provisions adopted by a Member State of the European Union pursuant to Counci…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Law applicable to contracts

Article L232-4

Where the parties have chosen the law of a State which is not a member of the European Union to govern the contract, the court before which that law is invoked is obliged to set aside its application…

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