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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorised examinations and samples.

Article R232-46-2

The Director of the Testing Department of the French Anti-Doping Agency and the competent international sports bodies shall send each other, by any means, information relating to the consents obtained…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorised examinations and samples.

Article R232-46-1

The testing operations referred to in Article L. 232-14-1 may only be carried out if the athlete has given his consent. This consent may be sought and obtained by: the director of the testing departme…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorised examinations and samples.

Article R232-46-3

Subject to the definition provided by each federation mentioned in 3° of article L. 230-2, the competition period begins at 11.59 p.m. on the day before a competition in which the athlete is due to ta…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution.

Article R*322-46

The companies referred to in this section may be formed either by a public deed or by a private deed drawn up in duplicate, irrespective of the number of signatories to the deed.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Security surveillance

Article R53-8-46

…n or socio-judicial monitoring measure imposed on a person sentenced to a penalty for which secure detention may be imposed, the sentence enforcement judge will inform the public prosecutor of the per…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Conciliation procedure.

Article R611-46-1

…on proceedings is requested by an entrepreneur, the provisions of this section apply only to the assets that are the subject of the request. However, situations of incompatibility of the conciliator s…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduction in the rental value of certain properties

Article 1518 A sexies

I.-In the event of a change in the method for determining the rental value of an industrial building or land pursuant to articles 1499-00 A or 1500, the resulting change in rental value is subject to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Deduction of withholding tax and tax credits

Article 199 ter S

…g which the credit institution or finance company paid out repayable advances under the conditions set out in this article and in equal fractions on the income tax due for the following four years. If…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 7: Declaration of claims.

Article R641-25

Articles R. 622-21 to R. 622-25 are applicable to the judicial liquidation procedure. The liquidator performs the functions assigned to the mandataire judiciaire by these provisions.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Medical assistants.

Article R4623-25

The occupational health and prevention service or the employer may recruit medical assistants. These doctors undertake to undergo training with a view to obtaining a qualification in occupational medi…

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