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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Automated processing of personal data known as "Therapeutic Use Exemptions for Sportsmen and Sportswomen".

Article R232-85-5

I.-The data collected directly by the French Anti-Doping Agency pursuant to article R. 232-85-4 is used for processing. II-This processing is also fed by data of the same nature made available to the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Preliminary sub-section: Common provisions

Article A322-3-5

In each establishment organising water sports activities mentioned in sub-section 2, in a place visible to all, a board displays a map of the areas in common use, indicating: - zones that are prohibit…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Civil solidarity pacts

Article 515-5-1

The partners may, in the initial agreement or in an amending agreement, choose to make the property they acquire, together or separately, subject to the joint ownership regime as from the registration…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Civil solidarity pacts

Article 515-5-3

…t, each partner is manager of the undivided property and may exercise the powers recognised by articles 1873-6 to 1873-8. For the administration of undivided property, the partners may enter into an a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Enforcement of criminal sentences

Article D48-5-5

In accordance with the last paragraph of Article 711, where the parties agree, applications relating to the enforcement of a sentence, submitted under the conditions laid down in Articles 702-1,703,71…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: REVENUE

Article R2336-5

The public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation and their contributing or beneficiary member municipalities are informed of the distribution of the contributions and allocations respectively…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article R50-51

Judicial authorities, as well as authorised judicial police officers, seized in the context of proceedings mentioned in 2° of Article 706-25-9 or notified in accordance with article R. 50-54, as well…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: PREPARATION FOR OFFICIAL EXECUTION

Article R721-5

The administrative authority competent to require a foreign national to comply with the presentation requirements laid down in article L. 721-7 is the département prefect and, in Paris, the police pre…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Common provisions

Article 518

The nature, extent and terms of the guarantee provided for in articles 514-5 and 517 are specified by the decision which prescribes their constitution.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: STAYS OF MORE THAN THREE MONTHS

Article R233-5

Family members of foreign nationals mentioned in article R. 233-4, citizens of the European Union subject to transitional measures or third-country nationals are also required to apply for the issue o…

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