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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Merger

Article L5212-27

…list of the unions concerned. The unions concerned are consulted on the draft perimeter and statutes. Their opinion is deemed favourable if it is not given within three months of notification of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: National identification system and register of companies and their establishments.

Article R123-222

…ifies the cases in which several establishments of a legal unit may be identified at the same address.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Admission of new communes.

Article L5215-40-1

…nal cooperation concerned. This opinion is deemed negative if it has not been given within two months. The perimeter may be extended with the agreement of the council of the urban community and at lea…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Experimentation.

Article R5141-8

Within a period of two months prior to the clinical trial of a veterinary medicinal product, the sponsor shall inform the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentati…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Guarantee fund for risks relating to the agricultural spreading of urban or industrial sewage sludge

Article L425-1

…y the caisse centrale de réassurance in an account separate from those recording its other operations. The costs it incurs for this management are charged to the fund.The fund is informed of all dispu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Scope of application.

Article R5132-1

…Director General of the Agency, in the same lists I or II or as narcotics or psychotropic substances.When the substances, preparations or medicinal products mentioned in 1° and 2°, classified as narc…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Provisions relating to sports betting bans

Article R131-44

When the reconciliations reveal that one of the players in the sporting competitions has breached the prohibition on betting set out in c of Article L. 131-16, the Autorité nationale des jeux or La Fr…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: The commission for the examination of draft federal regulations relating to sports facilities

Article R142-9

The impact statement referred to in article R. 142-8 meets the requirements set by order of the Minister for Sport. It specifies in particular:1° The levels of competition to which the draft regulatio…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Sale of seized assets

Article L221-3

…d'Etat, voluntarily sell the seized assets in order to allocate the price to the payment of creditors. The debtor shall inform the enforcement agent of the proposals made to him. If the creditor estab…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction and powers of Deputy European Public Prosecutors

Article 696-109

…g for the application of Articles 12,12-1,225 and 229-1 of this code and for the exercise of remedies. Article 30, the first sentence of article 33, the first four paragraphs of article 35, articles 3…

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