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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Role of federations

Article L331-4-1

The federations referred to in article L. 131-14 may be assisted in their efforts to prevent violence at amateur sporting events by members of the national police operational reserve mentioned in sect…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: National Design Litigation

Article L521-4-1

…infringement has not previously been ordered under the conditions provided for in l'article L. 521-4.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Litigation

Article L722-4-1

…e for infringement has not previously been ordered under the conditions set out in l'article L. 722-4.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Litigation

Article L716-4-8

…ure for infringement has not previously been ordered under the conditions set out in article L. 716-4-7.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Composition pénale

Article R15-33-48

…composition has been validated, in particular when it includes one of the measures provided for in 4°, 5°, 9°, 10° and 11° of l'article 41-2 and the non-execution of this measure is likely to be obse…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Transmission of documents by electronic means

Article R232-41-10

…that article; 2° The provisional suspension as a precautionary measure set out in article L. 232-23-4; 3° The athlete's biological profile; 4° Applications for a Therapeutic Use Exemption or for recog…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Local experimental protocols

Article L4011-4-3

…6132-1, within a care team or a territorial professional health community mentioned in articles L. 1411-11-1 and L. 1434-12, which are signatories to an interprofessional agreement with the health ins…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III ter: Birth centres

Article L6323-4-2

In addition to the activities referred to in article L. 6323-4, birth centres may:1° Carry out public health, prevention and therapeutic education initiatives, in particular with a view to promoting a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Standards

Article D4622-47-6

…plementation of certification, which may, where appropriate, as part of its duties under 2°, 3° and 4° of Article L. 4641-2-1, make proposals for changes to the principles or procedures for certificat…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-40-1

The mention of essentially derived varieties within the meaning of IV of article L. 623-4, whether or not covered by a plant variety certificate, identified by their variety denomination, may be regis…

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