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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions common to events subject to declaration or authorisation.

Article R331-31

The organiser is liable to the State and local authorities for fees representing the cost of setting up the special security service required to ensure the safety of spectators and traffic during the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions common to events subject to declaration or authorisation.

Article R331-32

The organiser is obliged to restore the roads open to public traffic and their appurtenances to their original state, for which he has obtained private use on the occasion of the concentration or even…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions common to events subject to declaration or authorisation.

Article R331-34

…or objects at a concentration or event may only take place under the conditions and in the places determined by the competent administrative authorities with the agreement of the organiser and the ow…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L1614-3

…r each local authority by joint order of the Minister for the Interior and the Minister for the Budget, following the opinion of the consultative commission on the assessment of charges of the Local F…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L2411-3

…s the mayor of the commune and elected members, the number of whom, which may be 4, 6, 8 or 10, is set by the order of the State representative in the department convening the electors. The members of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L4001-3

…that the person concerned has been informed and, where appropriate, warned of the resulting interpretation.II.-The healthcare professionals concerned must be informed of the use of this data processi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III ter: Birth centres

Article L6323-4-1

Birth centres are created and managed by:1° Several midwives associated for their professional practice or for the pooling of resources necessary for this practice;2° A not-for-profit organisation oth…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Implementation of the plan.

Article R626-32

For the application of article L. 626-16, the competent meetings are convened in the forms and within the time limits provided for in articles R. 626-1 to R. 626-3.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter

Article L230-3

I.- For the purposes of this Title, an athlete is any person who participates in or prepares for: 1° Either in a sporting event organised by an approved federation or authorised by a delegated federat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4a: Temporary open-ended employment contract

Article L1251-58-4

…an open-ended employment contract with a temporary employment undertaking are governed by Articles L. 1251-5 to L. 1251-63, subject to the adaptations provided for in this section and with the except…

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