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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Injunctions, emergency measures and other measures

Article L621-13-5

…sed pursuant to Article L. 532-9 and not falling within the scope of Articles L. 532-20-1 to L. 532-21-3; 2° Operators offering online financial instruments within the meaning of Article L. 211-1 who…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Commercial guarantee

Article L217-24

…ible for competition and consumption to formally take a position on the compliance with articles L. 217-21 to L. 217-23 of the commercial guarantee it intends to implement. The purpose of this formal…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Medically assisted procreation with third-party donors

Article 342-12

…the record, at the latest within three years of the child's birth. Where this article, article 311-21, the second paragraph of article 311-23 or article 357 have already been applied in respect of a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-6

The deputy judicial police officers mentioned in 1° bis, 1° ter, 1° quater and 2° of Article 21 are authorised to record the identity of offenders in order to draw up official reports concerning contr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-2-1

…cers of the judicial police and deputy officers of the judicial police mentioned in articles 20 and 21 (1°) are empowered to enter premises for professional use, as well as their annexes and outbuildi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-17

…he first paragraph shall be subject to the administrative sanctions provided for in articles L. 232-21-1 to L. 232-23-3-12. Under penalty of the annulment of results provided for in 3° of II of articl…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 10: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services

Article R211-51

For the application of article L. 211-21, any natural or legal person legally established in another Member State of the European Union or another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article D351-1

…sican Sites Council, in its so-called "new tourist units" configuration, are defined byarticle R. 4421-1 of the General Local Authorities Code, reproduced below: "Art. R. 4421-1 of the General Local A…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Establishment of counsel and submissions

Article 761

…within the jurisdiction of the protection litigation judge; 2° In the matters listed by articles R. 211-3-13 to R. 211-3-16, R. 211-3-18 à R. 211-3-21, R. 211-3-23 of the Code of Judicial Organisation…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Seizures without dispossession

Article 706-158

…nced expense of the Treasury, of property for which confiscation is provided for by the article 131-21 of the Penal Code without divesting the owner or holder thereof. The investigating judge may, dur…

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