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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions authorising the organisers of sporting events and competitions to process personal data for the purposes of Article L. 333-1-4

Article R333-9

…ansmitted by the Autorité nationale des jeux or by La Française des jeux pursuant to article R. 333-12 are kept by the organiser of the sporting event or competition for a period of six years from the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Organisation and operation.

Article L722-3-1

…ions made pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1896/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 creating a European order for payment procedure.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Measures imposed

Article R733-14

A judgment which, pursuant to the provisions of Article L. 733-12, provisionally orders the execution of one or more of the measures provided for in Articles L. 733-1, L. 733-4 and L. 733-7, is not su…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Supervision of groups on a consolidated basis

Article L613-20-3

…hapter II of Title III of this Book, in particular Articles L. 632-1, L. 632-3, L. 632-5 and L. 632-12, shall apply to the exercise of the powers and to the agreements referred to in this Section.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Criminal provisions.

Article L6117-2

…remit of this agency shall be liable to the penalties set out in the first paragraph of article 432-12 of the French Penal Code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Representatives' training and delegation time

Article L7343-19

The representatives appointed in application of article L. 7343-12 benefit from days of training in social dialogue, the financing of which is covered by the Autorité des relations sociales des platef…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: In-company vocational re-education agreement

Article R5213-16

Notwithstanding articles R. 5213-10 and R. 5213-12, the agreement referred to in I of article L. 5213-3-1 does not require the prior opinion of the Commission des droits et de l'autonomie des personne…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Supervision of groups on a consolidated basis

Article L613-20-5

…le 4(1)(40) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 or, where applicable, Article 4(1)(7) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2033, as well as the European Banking Authority, the competent central banks of the European Sy…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Choice of treating doctor.

Article R3711-17

…on must be summoned by the coordinating doctor in accordance with the provisions of article R. 3711-12 of this Code before being released or before the end of the period of secure detention. The choic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions.

Article L1238-1

…the proper performance of the duties of employee advisor, in particular by disregarding articles L. 1232-8 to L. 1232-12 and L. 1232-14, is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 3,750 eu…

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