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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules applicable to authorised establishments and organisations

Article R1243-25

…parations are distributed under the responsibility of the responsible person referred to in Article R. 1243-12 or, where applicable, the person responsible for the activities referred to in Article R.…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: Sports associations

Article A121-1

The agreement referred to in article R. 122-5 must be accompanied by the following documents: 1° The articles of association of the transferor sports association, together with the balance sheets and…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Sports companies

Article A122-1

The agreement referred to in article R. 122-5 must be accompanied by the following documents: 1° The articles of association of the transferor sports company, together with the balance sheets and prof…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Penalties.

Article R310-22

…ional pension fund who fails to comply with the obligations or prohibitions resulting from Articles R. 310-5, R. 310-6 and R. 612-26 of the Monetary and Financial Code is liable to a fifth-class fine.…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: STAYING IN A WAITING AREA

Article R342-20

…n for extension, the court clerk notifies the foreign national of his or her right to choose a lawyer. If the foreign national so requests, the judge will have one appointed for him/her ex officio.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: STAYING IN A WAITING AREA

Article R342-21

When the foreign national is held at the disposal of the courts, the public prosecutor decides on the conditions of the holding. He shall inform the foreign national and the administrative authority t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: STAYING IN A WAITING AREA

Article R342-22

When an order puts an end to the holding in the waiting zone and the public prosecutor considers that he does not have to ask the first president of the court of appeal to declare the appeal suspensiv…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Implementation of placement under mobile electronic surveillance

Article R61-24

…t any time appoint a doctor to verify that the implementation of the procedure mentioned in article R. 544-7 du code pénitentiaire is not harmful to the person's health. This appointment is made autom…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Implementation of placement under mobile electronic surveillance

Article R61-26

Where the provisions of articles 723-34,763-3 and 763-11, the sentence enforcement court will notify the person concerned of any changes to the conditions under which the mobile electronic surveillanc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Implementation of placement under mobile electronic surveillance

Article R61-22

…ling placement under mobile electronic surveillance are determined by the dispositions de l'article R. 544-7 du code pénitentiaire.

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