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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions relating to the supervision of practice

Article A322-48

The number of participants per instructor is determined by the instructor on the basis of his or her competence, the level of the participants, the environmental conditions and the characteristics of…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions relating to the supervision of practice

Article A322-49

If changes in weather or water conditions are likely to endanger the health or safety of participants, the supervisor will adapt or cancel the activities.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions relating to investment services providers, financial investment advisers, providers of participative financing services and participative investment intermediaries

Article L773-49

The articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In their wo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions relating to investment services providers, financial investment advisers, providers of participative financing services and participative investment intermediaries

Article L774-49

The articles listed in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-19

I.-For contracts awarded in accordance with one of the formalised procedures listed in article R. 4122-4-15, the National Council publishes a contract notice in a newspaper authorised to carry legal a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-21

I.-The National Council sets the deadlines for receipt of applications, taking into account the complexity of the contract and the time required by economic operators to prepare their applications. Th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Effects of curatorship and guardianship on the protection of the person

Article 459-2

The protected person chooses the place of his residence. He freely maintains personal relations with any third party, whether a relative or not. He/she has the right to be visited and, where appropria…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Effects of curatorship and guardianship on the protection of the person

Article 457-1

…ll information on his or her personal situation, the acts concerned, their usefulness, their degree of urgency, their effects and the consequences of a refusal on his or her part.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Effects of curatorship and guardianship on the protection of the person

Article 459-1

The application of this sub-section may not have the effect of derogating from the specific provisions laid down by the Public Health Code and the Social Action and Family Code providing for the invol…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Transfer of the foreign national to another place of detention

Article R744-47

The authority competent to decide to move a foreign national from one place of detention to another, under the conditions set out in article L. 744-17, is the département prefect and, in Paris, the po…

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