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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 216

…um it determines, in respect of costs not paid by the State and incurred by the latter. The parties may produce proof of the sums they request and the Chamber will take into account the fairness or ec…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L122-5

The capital of a société anonyme à objet sportif is made up of registered shares. However, it may consist of bearer shares if the company wishes to make a public offer of its shares other than the off…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: High-level sport

Article L221-4

…pplicants who are no longer high-level sportsmen and women or high-level sports referees and judges may benefit from a reduction in these age limits equal to the length of time they have been on the l…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions relating to economic and financial control

Article R112-26

…onomic and financial control by the State under the conditions laid down by decree no. 55-733 of 26 May 1955. An order of the ministers responsible for the economy and the budget designates the author…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Provisions relating to sports betting bans

Article R131-38

The processing authorised by article R. 131-37 may concern categories of personal data relating to:1° The identity of the person subject to the betting ban provided for in c) of article L. 131-16 (sur…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: General information.

Article 27

…n which they are located at the time it becomes applicable to them. 2. However, the customs service may authorise the separation of goods which, in the same consignment, have deteriorated as a result…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article L131-83

…o the rights of the bearer to the extent of the sum advanced by the drawee; to this end, the drawee may have the absence or insufficiency of the available funds recorded by a deed drawn up in the form…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bonds issued by associations.

Article L213-16

…ion price of the securities and their remuneration or the methods of determining these elements. It may delegate to the directors, for a period not exceeding five years, the power to determine the oth…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Operating rules

Article L214-24-53

…pendence required for the proper performance of the statutory auditor's duties are not met, the AMF may ask the competent court to relieve the statutory auditor of his duties in accordance with the pr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General-purpose professional funds

Article L214-146

…icle L. 214-24-34, the fund rules or articles of association of a general-purpose professional fund may stipulate that the redemption of units or shares may be capped, on each net asset value calculat…

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