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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prudential control and resolution authority

Article L784-2

…r no. 2023-836 of 30 August 2023L. 612-2 with the exception of 7° and 12° of A, B of I and IIILaw 2021-402 of 8 April 2021 L. 612-3 Law no. 2022-1726 of 30 December 2022L. 612-4 Order no. 2017-1608 of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIX: Special seizures

Article 706-141

…e enforcement of the additional penalty of confiscation under the conditions defined in article 131-21 du code pénal, to seizures carried out in application of this code when they relate to all or par…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Exchange and dissemination of information

Article L512-22-1

…s à un contenu illicite aux personnes mentionnées au 2 du I de l'article 6 de la loi n° 2004-575 du 21 juin 2004 pour la confiance dans l'économie numérique par les agents habilités, dans les conditio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Judicial police officers

Article D14-1

The judicial police officers listed in article 21 shall give an account of all crimes, offences or contraventions of which they have knowledge in the form of reports sent to their hierarchical superio…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 5: Remedies and limitation periods

Article L232-24

…lege and the Sanction Commission of the French Anti-Doping Agency taken pursuant to Articles L. 232-21-1 to L. 232-23-6 with the exception of acts taken in application of 16° of I of article L. 232-5…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Higher State Diploma in Youth, Popular Education and Sport

Article D212-52

…advisory committee, each specialisation is created under the conditions set out in article R. 6113-21 of the Labour Code:either by an order of the minister responsible for sport; - or by an order of…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: State diploma in youth, popular education and sport

Article D212-36

…and entertainment" professional advisory committee, under the conditions set out in article R. 6113-21 of the Labour Code: - either by an order of the minister responsible for sport; - or by an order…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Exercise of control

Article L612-23

…ode without prejudice to the powers granted to the agents mentioned in Articles L. 511-3 and L. 511-21 of the Consumer Code, under the conditions set out in Book V of the same Code. The Secretary Gene…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3a: Investigation assistants

Article R15-17-5

…ice agent, where the latter is competent, carry out the acts and procedures provided for in Article 21-3. They may draw up a report of these acts and procedures, in which their name, capacity and the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Reimbursement of disability-related expenses

Article R4135-22

…ntioned in the second paragraph of article L. 4135-19 and covered by the provisions of articles L. 5213-1 and L. 5213-2 of the Labour Code (1) or eligible for the benefit of the provisions of articles…

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