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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Disciplinary procedure

Article R241-16-3

…ement of objections is forwarded to the chairman of the Enforcement Committee. Articles R. 232-90-1 and R. 241-17 to R. 241-24 are then applied. The Agency informs the interested party that he is invi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4221-14-3

By way of derogation from Article L. 4221-1 and until 31 December 2025, the Directors General of the Regional Health Agencies of Guadeloupe, Guyana and Martinique and the State Representative in Saint…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Customs officers responsible for certain judicial police duties

Article R15-33-18

Customs officers performing judicial police duties pursuant to Article 28-1 are directed as appropriate either by the public prosecutor or by the requesting investigating judge. On the occasion of a j…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Expert assistance

Article L1233-35-1

Before the request for validation or homologation provided for inArticle L. 1233-57-4 is sent, any dispute relating to the expert appraisal is sent to the administrative authority, which gives its dec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-10-3

The holder of an intellectual property right protecting the appearance and texture of the oral pharmaceutical forms of a reference medicinal product within the meaning of Article L. 5121-1 may not pro…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Jurisdiction ratione loci.

Article 358

…e of Criminal Procedure.2. Disputes relating to the claim, to requests made pursuant to Article 352 and those relating to decisions on guarantees shall be brought before the judicial court within whos…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Tontines.

Article R*322-146

No survivorship association may have a duration of less than ten years or more than twenty-five years, counted from 1 January of the year in which it was opened. The period during which a survivorship…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 13: Interventional activity under medical imaging in cardiology

Article R6123-130-3

By way of derogation, the condition mentioned in article R. 6123-130-1 is not required for sites performing exclusively paediatric interventional rhythmology. Authorisation to carry out interventional…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Joining and severing proceedings.

Article 367

The judge may, at the request of the parties or of his own motion, order the joinder of several proceedings pending before him if there is a link between the disputes such that it is in the interests…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Joining and severing proceedings.

Article 368

Decisions to join or separate proceedings are measures of judicial administration.

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