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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: French Anti-Doping Agency

Article L232-5

I.-The French Anti-Doping Agency, an independent public authority, defines and implements actions to combat doping. To this end, it cooperates with the World Anti-Doping Agency and with the anti-dopin…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rules specific to contracts with a particular purpose

Article D224-26

Where the consumer is equipped with a metering device that can be read remotely and as defined in the first paragraphs of articles L. 341-4 et L. 453-7 of the Energy Code, the electricity or natural g…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Filing

Article D3345-1

…plan, a collective retirement savings plan or a collective company retirement savings plan is concluded otherwise than within the framework of 1° of I of article L. 3312-5, the documents which are fil…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Obligations of investment service providers

Article D773-22

I. - Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the ri…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Obligations of investment service providers

Article D774-22

I. - Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Obtaining a multi-annual residence permit without a change of reason

Article L433-5

Article L. 433-4 does not apply when the foreign national resides in France under the following residence permits: 1° La carte de séjour temporaire portant la mention " travailleur temporaire " prévue…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Mediation.

Article 131-5

The natural person who carries out the mediation measure must satisfy the following conditions:

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Applicable regulations.

Article L1262-5

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall determine : 1° The conditions and procedures for application of the provisions relating to the matters listed in article L. 1262-4 ; 2° The conditions under which…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and implementation.

Article L1271-5

For jobs where the working time does not exceed three hours per week over a reference period of four weeks, the employer and the employee who use the universal service employment voucher are deemed to…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Application for approval

Article R212-55

The economic data referred to in 4° of…

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