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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 4: Prevention of risks arising from the use of personal protective equipment for sports or leisure activities

Article R322-38

I.-The following is punishable by the fine laid down for fifth class offences: 1° Manufacture with a view to placing on the Community market, import, hold with a view to sale or distribution free of c…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 4: Prevention of risks arising from the use of personal protective equipment for sports or leisure activities

Article R322-31

PPE-LS is classified into two categories, the obligations of which are defined below. 1° Category 1 PPE-LS is equipment of simple design, where the designer assumes that the user can judge for himself…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Reporting cases of lead poisoning and lead exposure risks for minors - prescription and monitoring of work

Article R1334-3

A risk of exposure to lead within the meaning of article L. 1334-1 arises when a building or part of a building constructed before 1 January 1949 has deteriorated coverings and is inhabited or regular…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Participation of private healthcare professionals in the missions and care activities of certain private healthcare establishments

Article R6161-39

By means of the contract referred to in article R. 6161-38, the healthcare professional undertakes to comply in particular with: 1° The recommendations for good professional practice drawn up by the H…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Participation of private healthcare professionals in the missions and care activities of certain private healthcare establishments

Article R6161-38

The contract provided for in article L. 6161-9, concluded between private healthcare professionals and the private healthcare establishments mentioned in b and c of article L. 162-22-6 of the Social S…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 4 - Automatic processing of personal data for the purpose of establishing the biological profile of athletes referred to in Article L. 230-3

Article R232-41-3

I. - Five categories of data may be recorded in the automated processing of personal data mentioned in Article R. 232-41-1:1° Data relating to the athlete's civil status:a) Surname and first name ;b)…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Formation with a public offer other than one of those mentioned in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or in Article L. 411-2-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code.

Article L225-3

The capital must be fully subscribed. Cash shares are paid up, at the time of subscription, by at least half of their nominal value. The remainder is paid up in one or more instalments by decision of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: The safety study

Article R4462-3

…hnic activity mentioned in Article R. 4462-1 and for activities involving the loading and unloading of explosive substances or objects in order to:1° Identify all possible pyrotechnic events and estab…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

Article L411-3

The administrative and financial organisation of the Institute is laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Information on prices and conditions of sale

Article L112-3

Where the price cannot reasonably be calculated in advance because of the nature of the good or service, the trader shall provide the method of calculating the price and, where appropriate, any additi…

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