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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Other consequences

Article L232-23-6

…cy finding an anti-doping rule violation and the agreements concluded in accordance with article L. 232-22 shall be made public after being notified to the persons who have been the subject of them. T…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions of performance

Article 695-22-1

…he possibility that a decision may be handed down against him in the event of his failure to appear;2° Having been informed of the date and place of the trial, he was defended during the trial by a co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Regional hospital groups

Article L6132-2-6

…h Agency, when he observes serious shortcomings or malfunctions in the implementation of the system;2° Or at the request of the Director of the supporting establishment, in agreement with the Director…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-6-2

Any advertising or instructions for use relating to means enabling the removal or neutralisation of any technical device protecting software must state that the unlawful use of such means is punishabl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 63-4-2

The person in police custody may request that the lawyer be present at his or her hearings and confrontations. In this case, the first hearing, unless it relates solely to identity details, may not be…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-2-6

The regulations of the sports federation or, where applicable, of the professional league may provide for a procedure to approve the fixed-term employment contract of the professional athlete and trai…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 7: Special customs investigation procedures

Article 67 bis-2

If the needs of a customs investigation relating to the detection and investigation of a customs offence punishable by a prison sentence of three years or more so require, any technical means designed…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter V: The adversarial procedure prior to decision-making

Article 67 D-2

In the event of a traffic control, the taxpayer may only benefit from the written procedure provided for in article 67 D once he has guaranteed the amount of the tax due.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions applicable to categories of securities being phased out

Article L212-6-2

…he rules governing investment certificates and voting right certificates are set out in Articles L. 228-29-8 to L. 228-35 of the French Commercial Code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Compensation for victims of benfluorex

Article L1142-24-6

…irs seeking full reparation for the harm suffered. The second to eighth paragraphs of article L. 1142-14 shall apply to this offer. If the competent court, when seised by the victim who refuses the of…

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