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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Other consequences

Article L232-23-5

…the Agency shall cancel the results obtained in violation of the second paragraph of article L. 232-15-1, unless the interested party can establish that he was unaware of the national or international…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Levy on casino gaming revenue.

Article D422-7

…of new facilities, but they may not, under any circumstances, be intended to provide for the simple maintenance of these facilities. When they are allocated to the equipment of the casino, its annexes…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-10

…he European Economic Area. Pursuant to Articles 4 and 14 of Council Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 of 15 October 2013, credit institution authorisation is granted by the European Central Bank, on a prop…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter X: Digital asset service providers

Article L54-10-5

…ompliance with the obligations set out in Articles L. 561-4-1 to L. 561-5-1, L. 561-10-2 and L. 561-15 and the regulations adopted for their application, as well as Chapter II of Title VI of this Book…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Proceedings before the Criminal Appeals Chamber

Article 515

The court may, on the appeal of the public prosecutor, either confirm the judgment or reverse it in whole or in part in a manner favourable or unfavourable to the accused.The court may not, on the sol…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Litigation concerning the invalidity and revocation of trademarks

Article L716-2-1

The application for a declaration of invalidity may relate to some or all of the goods or services for which the contested mark is registered. An application for a declaration of invalidity may be bas…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation of work

Article D1411-42

The National Health Conference may set up working groups. These groups may include members of the National Health Conference and persons chosen for their competence, experience or qualifications in re…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial regime (R)

Article R2221-40

The régie may receive accepted bills of exchange in settlement of its receivables, endorse them or remit them for collection. Bills received in settlement may be discounted in accordance with commerci…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Biomedicine

Article L1418-1

…of article L. 2131-1, the penultimate paragraph of article L. 2131-4 and articles L. 2131-4-1, L. 2151-5, L. 2151-8 and L. 2151-9;11° Approving the practitioners mentioned in articles L. 1131-3 and L…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Property wealth tax

Article 978

…L. 5132-7 of the same code; 5° Des ateliers et chantiers d'insertion mentionnés à l'article L. 5132-15 of the said code; 6° Adapted companies mentioned in article L. 5213-13 of the same code; 7° Emplo…

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