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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: Contracting entities

Article L1212-2

…duction or marketing of goods or market services and over which one or more contracting authorities exercise, directly or indirectly, a dominant influence by virtue of the ownership of the undertaking…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article L228-29

…rincipal and interest, the shareholder may request payment of dividends not time-barred. He may not exercise a share on the basis of the pre-emptive right to subscribe to a capital increase, after exp…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medical certificate and health questionnaire

Article D231-1-4-1

For minors, with a view to obtaining or renewing a licence or registering for a sporting competition as referred to in article L. 231-2-1, the athlete and the persons exercising parental authority mus…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions relating to the implementation by organisers of profit-making sporting events of automated processing of personal data for the purposes of Article L. 332-1

Article R332-18

…of access and rectification provided for in articles 39 and 40 of the law of 6 January 1978 may be exercised directly with the data controller.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L511-72

…cle L. 511-13 shall transmit to the body of the credit institution to which the branch belongs that exercises supervisory functions equivalent to those of a board of directors or a supervisory board,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4421-2

…administrator of the territory; b) The powers vested in the medical inspector of public health are exercised by the head of the department of labour inspection and social affairs, except for the appl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Access to the digital health space and rights of the holder

Article R1111-35

Without prejudice to the provisions of article L. 1111-7, the holder of the digital health space exercises his right of access to the data contained in this space either directly, using his own means…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Composition and operation of the consultative commission on the assessment of costs

Article R1212-5

…rticular: a) The amount of resources devoted by the State or the competent local authorities to the exercise of the competence transferred, as well as the list and the amount of the corresponding expe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation and operation

Article R1423-37

…Code of Judicial Organisation, the supervision mentioned in the first paragraph of this Article is exercised by the president of the judicial court. In exercising his or her powers, the director of t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Responsibilities

Article R4413-11

…icer for revenue and expenditure. He is the head of the departments that the Agency creates for the exercise of its powers. The Chairman of the Board of Directors may delegate, under his supervision a…

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