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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Compliance by sports federations with their obligations

Article R232-41-12-6

…he sports federations and, where applicable, the professional leagues shall be informed of the procedures conducted by the French Anti-Doping Agency pursuant to Section 4 of Chapter II of Title III of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Administrative authorisation for non-Community insurance undertakings whose head office is located in a Member State of the European Economic Area.

Article R321-6

The administrative authorisation provided for in article L. 321-7 is issued under the conditions set out in articles R. 321-1, R. 321-3 and R. 321-5, and refused under the conditions set out in articl…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Entry on the list of industrial property attorneys

Article R422-6

The application for registration of a company in the special section provided for in Article L. 422-7 is submitted by its agent or, where the company has not yet been formed, by the agent of the partn…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Partial access

Article L4002-6

This section shall not apply to professionals who fulfil the conditions required to benefit from automatic recognition of their professional qualifications within the meaning of Directive 2005/36/EC o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Authorisation

Article D2323-6

…is located, after obtaining the opinion of the director general of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé. The authorisation is notified within a maximum of two months…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter: Common provisions

Article L621-6

For the application of article L. 412-3 in Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin, the words: "in article 19 of law no. 48-1360 of 1st September 1948 amending and codifying the legislation relating to rela…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the recognition and enforcement by the French authorities of a European protection order

Article 696-101

Recognition of the European protection order may be refused if the order is based: 1° On offences committed wholly, for the most part or for the most part on the territory of the Republic or in a plac…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Sales and transfers of shares

Article R4381-63

The transfer of shares is publicised in accordance with the provisions of Article 52 of Decree no. 78-704 of 3 July 1978 relating to the application of Law no. 78-9 of 4 January 1978 amending Title IX…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: General partnerships.

Article R221-6

The annual financial statements, the management report and, where applicable, the consolidated financial statements and the report on the management of the Group shall be made available to the Statuto…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Deeds concerning the transfer of assets by succession or gift

Article A444-66

Notarisation (numbers 13 to 15 of table 5) gives rise to the collection of:1° A fixed fee of €56.60, in the case of notarisation after death, recording the devolution of the estate;2° A proportional f…

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