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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative organisation

Article R232-11

The College of the French Anti-Doping Agency may, within the limits that it determines, delegate decisions relating to the approval provided for in article R. 232-41-12-3 and the Therapeutic Use Exemp…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-4-5

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall monitor the level of own funds that has been determined by each Class 2 investment firm in accordance with Article L. 533-2-2 and shall verif…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Electoral colleges.

Article L2314-13

The distribution of seats between the different categories of personnel and the distribution of personnel in the electoral colleges are the subject of an agreement between the employer and the trade u…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Manufacture and sale of beverages.

Article L3322-5

Producers or manufacturers of essences that may be used in the manufacture of alcoholic beverages, such as essences of aniseed, star anise, fennel and hyssop, as well as producers or manufacturers of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Compensation procedures.

Article R211-33

When the victim, the heirs or the spouse provides only part of the information requested by the insurer in its correspondence and the reply does not allow, due to the lack of sufficient information, t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 14: Limitation period.

Article L511-78

All actions arising from the bill of exchange against the acceptor shall be barred after three years from the due date. The bearer's actions against the endorsers and against the drawer shall be barre…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Due date.

Article L511-24

The maturity of a bill of exchange at a certain sight period is determined, either by the date of the acceptance or by that of the protest. In the absence of the protest, the undated acceptance is dee…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article R712-27

Until the start of the technical preparations for registration or after registration of the trade mark, the proprietor or his agent may proceed with the division of his initial application or registra…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1788 D

I.- Failure by a taxable person to comply with the obligations set out in Articles 290 and 290 A shall give rise to a fine of €250 per transmission, provided that the total of fines applied in respect…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Communication of the appeal and pleadings

Article R532-17

Communications with lawyers are made by ordinary letter, with the exception of the order closing the investigation and the notice of hearing, which are served by registered letter with acknowledgement…

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