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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Financial and accounting system

Article R211-18-4

…without prior approval, with the exception of decisions relating to loans, acquisitions, exchanges and disposals of real estate or participation in bodies with legal personality, which are enforceabl…

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

Article 63-4-1

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Service regulations and pricing

Article L2224-12-4

…r bill includes an amount calculated on the basis of the volume actually consumed by the subscriber and may, in addition, include an amount calculated independently of this volume on the basis of the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorised examinations and samples.

Article R232-46-1

…232-14-1 may only be carried out if the athlete has given his consent. This consent may be sought and obtained by: the director of the testing department of the French Anti-Doping Agency; -a compete…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorised examinations and samples.

Article R232-47-1

The athlete reports for testing under the conditions set out in the notification sent to him/her.The person in charge of testing may, at the request of the athlete or a third party, authorise the athl…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Authorisation and prior declaration

Article R331-4-1

…monstration 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 by a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Openings, mutations and transfers.

Article L3332-4-1

…a public house referred to in article L. 3331-3 without selling alcoholic beverages between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. within the meaning of article L. 3331-4.A change in the person of the owner or manager or…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R*441-13

…ned in article R. 441-4 give rise to the conclusion of agreements between the insurance undertaking and an intermediary within the meaning of article L. 511-1, acting on behalf of the said undertaking…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R*441-14

…plemented by an individual subscription certificate containing the same information for each member and setting the age at which each beneficiary is entitled to a pension.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R*441-18

The amount of the benefit is equal, for each beneficiary, to the product of the number of annuity units in his account multiplied by the service value of the annuity unit determined for the contract t…

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