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Showing 39013910 of 53863 articles for Art. Rép. Cherki: AN 24-1-2017 n° 94515

French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2-1: Establishing the biological profile of athletes falling within the scope of Article L. 230-3

Article R232-67-10-1

…pert referred to in the last paragraph of article R. 232-67-10, the head of the athlete's passport management unit may recommend to the director of the testing department that targeted tests be carrie…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Foreign nationals born in France

Article L423-13

A foreign national born in France who can prove by any means whatsoever that he or she has resided there continuously for at least eight years and, after the age of ten, has attended a French educatio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Products not eligible for direct marketing

Article L341-10

…nown at the time of subscription or for which the risk of loss exceeds the amount of the initial financial contribution, with the exception of:units in non-trading property investment companies. At th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Intermediary associations.

Article L5132-11-1

…ssociations may conclude fixed-term contracts with unemployed people experiencing particular social and professional difficulties, in application of article L. 1242-3. During the performance of these…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Workshops and integration projects.

Article L5132-15-1

Workshops and integration projects, whatever their legal status, may conclude fixed-term contracts with unemployed people experiencing particular social and professional difficulties, in application o…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Consultative Commission

Article 434-1

…ation et à la diffusion sur les plateformes numériques is made up of ten members, including a chairman, appointed for a renewable term of one year.

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

Article R233-17

…or in the last paragraph of Article L. 233-29 is one year from the date of the disclosure made pursuant to I of Article L. 233-7.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article L712-5-1

Opposition based on an earlier trade mark that has been registered for more than five years shall be rejected where the opponent, at the request of the proprietor of the application for registration,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions applicable to sociétés d'exercice libéral.

Article R743-122

Where the company is a candidate for appointment to an office to replace the incumbent, it shall proceed in accordance with the provisions set out in articles R. 742-27-1 and R. 742-27-2. However, the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4 : Participation of medical transport companies in the on-call service for urgent medical transport

Article R6312-17-1

I.-The emergency medical assistance service referred to in article L. 6311-2 may call upon companies holding health transport approval for any request for urgent health transport, requiring a rapid re…

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