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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions applicable to non-trading private legal entities with an economic activity.

Article R612-3

Non-trading private-law legal entities with an economic activity which, at the end of the calendar year or at the close of the financial year, have three hundred or more employees or whose turnover ex…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Declaration of claims.

Article R622-22

In application of the sixth paragraph of Article L. 622-24, creditors whose claims, properly arising after the opening judgment other than those mentioned in I of Article L. 622-17, result from a succ…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Prevention

Article L232-2-1

A Therapeutic Use Exemption takes effect on the date on which it is notified. However, an authorisation may take effect on an earlier date, which it mentions: 1° In an emergency or in the case of urge…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23

I. - The Sanctions Committee of the French Anti-Doping Agency may impose the following sanctions on persons who have breached the provisions of Articles L. 232-9, L. 232-9-1, L. 232-9-2, L. 232-9-3, L…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Role of sports federations

Article L231-5-1

Sports federations cooperate in the fight against doping with international federations and national anti-doping organisations. To this end, either spontaneously or at the request of the French Anti-D…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: Pooling

Article L3112-3

A grouping of concession-granting authorities may be formed with concession-granting authorities from other Member States of the European Union, provided that this choice has not been made for the pur…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Formulation of technical specifications

Article R2111-9

The standards or documents are marked "or equivalent" and chosen in the following order of preference: 1° National standards transposing European standards; 2° European Technical Assessments; 3° Commo…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Transfer and loss of trademark rights

Article L714-7

Any transfer or modification of the rights attached to a trade mark must, in order to be enforceable against third parties, be entered in the National Trade Mark Register.However, before it is entered…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Automated processing of personal data known as "Therapeutic Use Exemptions for Sportsmen and Sportswomen".

Article R232-85-2

The French Anti-Doping Agency is authorised to create an automated personal data processing system to facilitate the exchange of information relating to Therapeutic Use Exemptions between this Agency,…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Documents relating to the foreign national's means of subsistence

Article R313-2

In order to prove that they have the means to meet their living expenses, foreign nationals applying for admission to France may in particular present cash, traveller's cheques, certified cheques, int…

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