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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Combating drug addiction.

Article L3823-2

The provisions of Chapters II, III and IV of Title I and those of Title II of Book IV of this Part, are applicable in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions of Artic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for swearing in

Article L131-18

Persons registered on the lists of sworn brokers mentioned in article L. 131-12 may, in the activities reserved for these brokers, refer to their status as "courtier de marchandises assermenté près la…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Technical sports advisors to sports federations

Article R131-18

Technical sports advisors may be appointed for a maximum of four years. These assignments are renewable. The Minister responsible for sport may terminate these assignments before the fixed term, on hi…

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

Article R131-45-2

The rights of access to and rectification of the data mentioned in Article R. 131-45-1 may be exercised with the Chairman of the Autorité Nationale des Jeux and the Data Protection Officer of La Franç…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter: On-call duty

Article L421-1

As an exception to the second and third paragraphs of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Property wealth tax

Article 972

The surrender value of surrenderable insurance contracts and capitalisation bonds or contracts expressed in units of account mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 131-1 of the Insurance Code…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 763-3

During the period of socio-judicial monitoring or during imprisonment when the person sentenced to socio-judicial monitoring must carry out this measure following a custodial sentence, the sentence en…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Determination of areas characterised by insufficient healthcare provision or by difficulties in access to healthcare or where the level of provision is particularly high

Article R1434-42

The orders of the Director General of the Regional Health Agency referred to in I of Article R. 1434-41 are issued after consultation with the representatives of each health profession concerned sitti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Procedures for issuing certificates

Article R3115-31

I. - Ship inspections and the issue of the health inspection certificate or health inspection exemption certificate are carried out by persons or bodies approved under the conditions defined in articl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: The institution and its missions

Article A741-1

The number of commercial court registrars permanently assigned to assist the presidents of the commercial courts is set as follows:1° In commercial courts with a staff of 25 to 30 judges: 1 or 2 agent…

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