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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Inclusion on the list of top-level athletes

Article R221-5

Athletes who achieve a significant performance or ranking in the same international reference events as defined for the "Elite" category, but who do not meet the conditions required for inclusion in t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-28

Failure to comply with paragraph 1 of Article 77 and paragraph 2 of Article 80 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017, on the communication of inform…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-27

Failure to comply with Article 73(1) and Article 76(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 on the communication of information intended to be made…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Resignations

Article L2121-5

Any member of a town council who, without a valid excuse, has refused to carry out one of the duties devolved upon him by the laws, shall be declared to have resigned by the administrative court. The…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 5: Inter-ministerial cooperation and exchanges of information relating to the fight against trafficking in doping substances or methods

Article D232-100

The regional commission to combat trafficking in doping substances or methods meets at least once a year, at the initiative of one of the co-chairs. The secretariat for this commission is provided by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions.

Article L2281-11

In companies where no trade union delegate has been appointed or where an agreement on professional equality between men and women and the quality of life and working conditions has not been concluded…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Expiry of licences.

Article L3333-2

An establishment that ceases to operate as a result of : 1° its owner being called up or mobilised for service in the French or Allied armies, or leaving for an Allied country ; 2° its requisition ; 3…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the preparation, assessment and implementation of preventive recovery plans

Article R311-5

…quarterly close recording that the threshold has been exceeded, to draw up a preventive recovery plan under the conditions provided for in Article L. 311-5.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 422-15

…s of the project presented so require, the reading committee or commission may postpone its opinion and, where appropriate, propose to the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image anim…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 411-59

The production company must provide the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée with a finalised version of the projects and proof of expenditure within a period of one year from the date of pa…

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