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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Estimates and contracts.

Article 1792-4-2

Liability actions brought against a subcontractor due to damage affecting a work or items of equipment of a work mentioned in articles 1792 and 1792-2 are prescribed by ten years from acceptance of th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 696-47-1

…of the principle of speciality by the person or by the foreign Government, authorisation is sought to extend the prosecution to other offences committed before the person's arrival on national territ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIVc: Victim support office

Article 706-15-4

A victim support office shall be set up in each judicial court, the composition, tasks and operating procedures of which shall be specified by decree..

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Jurisdiction and procedure before courts of first instance

Article 712-4-1

…sentences committee chaired by the enforcement of sentences judge and made up of the public prosecutor, the head of the prison, a representative of the prison integration and probation service and a…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Anti-doping education

Article R232-41-12

The education plan referred to in 12° of the I of article L. 232-5 includes an assessment of the situation and determines the target groups, objectives and activities as well as monitoring procedures.

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

Article R232-41-11

…ty of exchanges between these persons and the French Anti-Doping Agency. They also make it possible to establish with certainty the date and time when a document was made available and when it was fir…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Budgetary control

Article A211-46-1

The budget controller monitors the management of jobs and staff appropriations under the conditions set out in the Order of 7 August 2015 on the budgetary rules of the bodies.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Budgetary control

Article A211-49-1

…ficer, the budget controller shall draw up a document setting out the detailed list of acts subject to approval or opinion, the amounts of the approval or opinion thresholds, the format of the documen…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Budgetary control

Article A211-44-1

…financial account, the budget controller shall receive the draft documents provided for in Article 175 of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management before…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41-1

…nt undertaking of a finance company which has its registered office in a State which is not a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution…

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