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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 6: Recognition of decisions

Article R232-104

The decisions referred to in 10° of I of article L. 232-5 may be recognised by the Board after the interested party has been given the opportunity to submit written observations and, where applicable,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter XX: Levies on betting and gaming

Article 302 bis ZO

Under the conditions set out in Article 15 of the 1965 Finance Act (no. 64-1279 of 23 December 1964), a levy equal to 12% of the commission accruing to racing companies, net of any remuneration to aut…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Data recorded in the processing operation

Article R142-3

…antees provided for in Regulation (EC) No 390-2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009; the staff of approved service providers responsible for this collection are individua…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Recognition of convictions and probation decisions

Article 764-27

…ng from the notice given to the competent authority of the sentencing State pursuant to article 764-23, the sentence enforcement judge shall rule by order, in accordance with the procedure laid down i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Simplified joint stock companies.

Article R227-1-1

…t out in Article 26 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the inte…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article D48-20

…idering applying the provisions set out in 1° of Article D. 48-22 or 4°, 6° and 7° of Article D. 48-23, it shall inform the competent authority of the issuing State without delay by any means that lea…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantee of the representation of funds and professional civil liability.

Article R814-24

…I or III of article L. 812-2, must be at least equivalent to those provided for in l'article R. 814-23. Where the insurance has been taken out through the intermediary of the guarantee fund, the terms…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Periodicity of reinforced individual monitoring

Article R4624-28

…his colleagues or third parties in the immediate working environment, as defined in article R. 4624-23, will benefit, after the pre-recruitment medical examination, from a renewal of this visit, carri…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Accounting obligations applicable to certain traders.

Article L123-28

As an exception to the provisions of articles L. 123-12 to L. 123-23, natural persons benefiting from the regime defined in article 50-0 of the General Tax Code may not prepare annual accounts. They k…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Text and data mining for the sole purpose of scientific research

Article R122-26

…opies or reproductions of works with a view to text and data searches referred to in article R. 122-23 may be carried out.

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