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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Principles.

Article R232-42

…e initiated by the Director of the Testing Department, in accordance with the provisions of Article L. 232-12. Only the Director of the Testing Department, the employees of this department authorised…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Technical operating conditions.

Article D6322-42

…not have its own laboratory capable of carrying out the medical biology tests mentioned in Article L. 6211-1 as a matter of urgency and providing the results obtained without delay, it shall enter in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Provisions applicable before the Court of Cassation

Article R*49-34

The court registry shall notify the parties of the decision taken by the president of the panel or his delegate pursuant to the first paragraph of Article R. * 49-32, as well as the date of the hearin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Compensation for unpaid claims.

Article R663-42

The administration committee of the fund established by article L. 663-3 is chaired by a magistrate from the Cour des Comptes (Court of Auditors) appointed by the first president of this court. It inc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General provisions (R)

Article R2221-42

La régie peut, dans les conditions prévues à Article L. 2253-1, acquire financial holdings in public, semi-public or private companies that carry out a complementary or related activity. The public se…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Termination by agreement

Article R6152-429

…Practitioners who have reached the age of entitlement to a retirement pension as set out inarticle L. 161-17-2 of the Social Security Code and who have completed a period of insurance under all basic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions concerning the companies mentioned in 1° of Article L. 111-52 and Article L. 111-67 of the Energy Code

Article D2224-42

…s out the legal, economic, technical or commercial developments affecting the concession activities and the ways in which they have been taken into account by each concession company with effects on t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operational implementation within the department (R)

Article R1424-42

The operational regulations referred to in article L. 1424-4 are drawn up by the prefect, following the opinion of the departmental territorial social committee, the administrative and technical commi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Preliminary provisions

Article A322-42

This sub-section covers the establishments mentioned in article L. 322-2, which organise canoeing, kayaking, rafting, white water swimming and navigation using any other paddle-propelled craft, with t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 16: Partial or total transfer of the business.

Article R631-42

Where the sale of all or part of the business has been ordered by the court pursuant to article L. 631-22, the mandataire judiciaire shall receive the sale price notwithstanding the execution of the d…

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