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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article D211-58-1

The Steering Committees meet at least once a year at the invitation of the Managing Director. Minutes of the work of the Steering Committee are signed by its Chairman and submitted to the next Board o…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article D211-55-1

I. - The Steering Committee of the Ecole Nationale de Ski et d'Alpinisme comprises :1° Members by right :a) The Director General or his representative ;b) The deputy director of the National Ski and M…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R623-51-1

Where the judge has made the seizure subject to the provision of guarantees by the claimant, these must be provided before the seizure is carried out. On pain of nullity and damages against the bailif…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R623-53-1

The president of the judicial court may order, in the light of the seizure report, any measure to complete the proof of the alleged acts of infringement.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R623-50-1

The period provided for in the last paragraph of Article L. 623-27 and given to the claimant to take civil or criminal action on the merits, or to lodge a complaint with the public prosecutor, is twen…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: The enforcement court.

Article D49-5-1

When the sentence enforcement court examines a case following a referral from a sentence enforcement judge in accordance with the provisions of the third paragraph of article 712-6 and that judge is a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Accountant.

Article R6145-54-1

The régies created by public health establishments are subject to the provisions set out in section one of chapter VII of title I of book VI of the first part of the code général des collectivités ter…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Interregional coordination

Article D1432-53-1

The regional health agency of the region in which the river basin committee mentioned in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Authorised bodies

Article R5211-56-1

The Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products) shall carry out surveillance and ongoing monitoring of…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Classification.

Article D333-5-1

Operators wishing to obtain classification must submit their application electronically to the body mentioned in article L. 141-2 , together with a visit certificate issued by a type A or C assessment…

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