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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R122-5

Any agreement by which a sports association or a sports company seeks to transfer, in compliance with the provisions of article L. 122-16, its name, trademark or any other distinctive sign or to autho…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Contracts awarded without advertising or competitive tendering on account of their value or subject-matter

Article R2122-1

The purchaser may award a contract without prior publicity or competitive tendering when, due to compelling urgency resulting from external circumstances and which it could not foresee, it is not poss…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Status of members, agents and employees of the agency

Article R232-23

The agency may employ contractual public-sector employees on fixed-term or indefinite-term, full-time or part-time contracts, and full-time or part-time private-sector employees. The contracts of publ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession

Article R821-75

The audits referred to in Article L. 821-9 are carried out at least every six years, in accordance with the guidelines, framework and procedures defined by the Haut conseil du commissariat aux comptes…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operating conditions

Article R5124-20

Any responsible or delegated pharmacist, with the exception of pharmacists covered by the provisions of article L. 4138-2 of the Defence Code, after being registered with the Order, registers his dipl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to leave for health or family reasons

Article R6152-824

Practitioners governed by this chapter are entitled to leave to care for a maximum of three months, renewable up to a maximum of one year over their entire career, when one of the persons mentioned in…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: REGISTRATION OF THE ASYLUM APPLICATION

Article R521-19

Ad hoc administrators responsible for assisting unaccompanied minors applying for asylum, referred to in article L. 521-9, are appointed in accordance with the provisions of articles R. 343-2 to R. 34…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Provisions specific to Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

Article R911-2

The exemptions provided for in articles R. 123-203, R. 123-204, R. 123-207 and R. 123-208 are applicable to natural persons subject to a simplified tax regime under the regulations in force in Saint-P…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products

Article R5521-2

In the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands, for the application of: 1° Articles R. 5125-1, R. 5125-2, R. 5125-4 with the exception of the third paragraph, R. 5125-5, R. 5125-7, R. 5125-11 and R…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation

Article R6322-27

The provisions of articles R. 1112-1 to R. 1112-3, article R. 1112-5 and articles R. 1112-7 to R. 1112-9 relating to information for patients and the communication of health information as defined in…

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