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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Physical and sporting activities in a specific environment

Article R212-7

The activities carried out in a specific environment involving compliance with special safety measures referred to in article L. 212-2 are those relating to the practice of: 1° Scuba diving, anywhere,…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the statutes of professional leagues

Article R132-7

…federation, the operating rules of the league's disciplinary body must comply with the provisions set out in Annexe I-6.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Transmission of the request by the public prosecutor.

Article 728-22

…any time, decide to withdraw the certificate, subject to article 728-22-1. He shall inform the competent authority of the executing State of the reason for such withdrawal. The certificate shall be w…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Transmission of the request by the public prosecutor.

Article 728-21

When the representative of the public prosecutor is consulted by the competent authority of the executing State on partial recognition of the sentencing decision, he or she shall examine whether an ag…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Transmission of the request by the public prosecutor.

Article 728-20

…sentenced person is on the territory of the executing State, the public prosecutor may ask the competent authority of that State, when forwarding the sentencing decision and the certificate, to provi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-7

…51-5 and the volatility adjustment referred to in Article R. 351-6. For national currencies and markets for which the volatility adjustment referred to in Article R. 351-6 is not provided for in the i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: The single body responsible for business formalities

Article R123-7

Articles R. 112-11-1 to R. 112-11-4 of the Code des relations entre le public et l'administration are, unless otherwise provided for in this article, applicable to exchanges between the single body, o…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Personalised support vouchers (R)

Article R1611-7

…ers that have expired under the conditions defined in the last paragraph of article R. 1611-11 are returned to the issuer by the distributor on whose behalf they were issued before 31 January followin…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of mandates at the Assembly of French Guyana

Article R7125-7

To set the maximum time off work to which elected representatives who have the status of employees are entitled pursuant to article L. 7125-3, the legal working time for a calendar year is assessed on…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions required to practise as an orthopaedic technician

Article D4364-7

The professions of orthoprosthetist, chiropodist, ocularist, epithesist and orthopaedic-orthotist may be practised by holders of a French State diploma entitling them to practise each of these profess…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
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