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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Federal performance projects

Article R221-21

…nables them to benefit from the training and preparation provided for in 1° to 3° of article R. 221-20. Espoir centres" may only take in athletes who are at least twelve years old or enrolled in a sec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Participation of users in the operation of the healthcare system

Article L1114-2

…ights granted to civil parties in respect of the offences set out in articles 221-6, 222-19 and 222-20 of the French Criminal Code as well as the offences set out in the provisions of this Code, which…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Final provisions

Article L614-25

…sions of the International Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, signed at Paris on 20 March 1883, and of the arrangements, additional acts and closing protocols which have modified or…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Consumer credit

Article L351-4

…n in the Wallis and Futuna Islands of article L. 351-3: 1° In 3° of article L. 312-4, the amount: "€200" is replaced by the amount: "24,000 CFP francs" and the amount: "€75,000" is replaced by the amo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 707-3

…within one month of the date on which the judgment was handed down, this amount shall be reduced by 20%, without this reduction exceeding 1,500 euros.The president shall inform the sentenced person th…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Authorisation and prior declaration

Article R331-4-1

…demonstration or public event other than those provided for in articles R. 331-4, R. 331-6, R. 331-20 and R. 331-46, in a sport for which no federation has been delegated and which is not organised b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IVb: Prevention of environmental health risks at work

Article L1544-9

…1332-5 are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the wording resulting from Order No. 2018-20 of 17 January 2018. For its application in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, the last para…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions.

Article L2446-2

…ided for in this chapter. II -Article L. 2222-2 is applicable in the version resulting from Law No. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016 on the modernisation of our healthcare system. Article L. 2223-2 is appli…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Support for projects

Article 633-3

…a, b, d and e), Article 28(2), Article 29(3) and Article 31(3) of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 referred to in Article 631-2. They may also contribute towards the cost of prom…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single section: Special regulatory measures for certain industries

Article R511-3

…left free must be filled in by hatching stopping at the very limit of the drawing and no more than 20 millimetres apart; the dimensions of the paper to be used are 21 x 29.7 or 42 x 29.7. On this rep…

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