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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-13

Testing may be carried out : 1° As part of the annual testing programme mentioned in 1° of I of article L. 232-5 or at the request of an approved federation ; 2° Or at the request of a) The World Anti…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 412-13

…231-13; 3° The organisation of themed evenings and festivals dedicat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Cross-disciplinary provisions on quality in cancer care

Article D6124-131

…ssion in a multidisciplinary consultation meeting.As an exception to the previous paragraph, in the case of a situation that strictly complies with the national best practice guidelines mentioned in a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Establishments and organisations authorised to combat leprosy

Article D3112-13

…by a doctor with experience in the fight against leprosy;5° Carrying out surveys in the vicinity of cases;6° Dispensing the medicines needed to treat the disease;7° Availability of the equipment and m…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Adapted companies

Article L5213-13

The State approves structures that meet the criteria set out in article L. 5213-13-1 as adapted companies. It concludes multi-year contracts of objectives and resources with them, which are equivalent…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies.

Article R233-13

Deferred taxation resulting from: 1° Temporary timing differences between the accounting recognition of income or expenses and their inclusion in the taxable income of a subsequent financial year; 2°…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the special grant for school construction and equipment

Article D2564-13

The order awarding the grant mentions: a) The designation and characteristics of the operation, the nature and the estimated amount excluding taxes of the subsidisable expenditure; b) The estimated ti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Groupement de coopération sanitaire de moyens exploiting authorisations held by one or more of its members

Article R6133-13

…of book I of this part. For care activities carried out jointly under the conditions of article L. 6133-8 , the cooperative grouping is financed in accordance with the rules applicable to health estab…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R1313-13

…exception of the representatives of the ministers mentioned in a, b, c, d and e of 1° of article R. 1313-4, who each have five votes. The Board of Directors may only validly deliberate if at least one…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-13

…and export of gene therapy preparations or xenogenic cell therapy preparations mentioned in 12° and 13° of Article L. 5121-1 are subject to prior authorisation issued by the Agence nationale de sécuri…

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