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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-3-2

…e Sanction Commission may, under the conditions set out below, suspend the sanction provided for in 2° of I of article L. 232-23 when the person has provided substantial assistance as defined in artic…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Criminal penalties

Article L341-33

…es L. 341-29 and L. 341-30 shall also incur, as additional penalties, the penalties provided for in 2° to 9° of article 131-39 of the Penal Code. The ban referred to in 2° of the same article 131-39 a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Validation and controls carried out by the registrars of the commercial courts or the judicial courts ruling on commercial matters

Article R123-270

…ticles R. 123-32, R. 123-35, R. 123-41, R. 123-43, R. 123-51, R. 123-75, R. 123-102 and R. 123-112; 2° With regard to the special register of commercial agents, in application of article R. 134-6; 3°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Supervision of bodies offering continuing professional development activities

Article R4021-24

Any body or structure wishing to present continuing professional development initiatives within the framework of the guidelines defined in Article L. 4021-2 shall submit an application for registratio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Maintenance and quality control obligations

Article R5212-20

When informed of one of the events mentioned in Article L. 5212-2, the Director of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Med…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-2-1

…orm of full hospitalisation in an establishment mentioned in article L. 3222-1 of the present code ;2° Or in any other form, which may include outpatient care, home care provided by an establishment m…

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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
Section 2: Payment of wages.

Article D3423-10

The procedures for applying article R. 3244-2 relating to the distribution of tips are determined by prefectoral order.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nationals of a Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area wishing to settle in France

Article R222-23

…eclaration must be accompanied by the following documents 1° Proof of the declarant's nationality ; 2° If the declarant considers that he fulfils the conditions laid down in 1° of Article L. 222-15, t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Valuation of the property

Article L313-22

…rafting of an appraisal document taking into account, in accordance with the standards mentioned in 2° of the same article, the legal, economic, technical and tax factors used to establish the value o…

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