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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Operating rights

Article L333-4

Sports federations, sports companies and the organisers of sports events may not, in their capacity as holders of the exploitation rights, impose on sportsmen and women taking part in an event or comp…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 8: Direct transport.

Article 25 bis

…is subject to the direct transport of goods, temporary or permanent derogations from this condition may be granted by the Minister for the Economy and Finance, after consultation with the other minist…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special export provisions

Article 23

By way of derogation from articles 21 and 22 above, export bans may, until a date to be set by decree, be established by orders of the Minister for the Economy and Finance, after consultation with the…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2a: International assistance with recovery

Article 349 octies

…by the requesting authority through a written mandate and authorised by the French administration, may assist the administration's agents in the context of legal proceedings initiated in France.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Transmission

Article L131-25

Persons sued by virtue of the cheque may not raise against the bearer defences based on their personal relationship with the drawer or with previous bearers, unless the bearer, in acquiring the cheque…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Société de libre partenariat (unincorporated partnership)

Article L214-162-12

AIFs governed by this paragraph may be transformed without dissolution into a société de libre partenariat under the conditions defined by the AIF's articles of association or regulations. Existing un…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Leave of absence and maternity leave.

Article L1225-22

If the child remains hospitalised until the end of the sixth week following the birth, the employee may postpone all or part of the leave to which she is still entitled until the date on which the hos…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Discipline.

Article L1442-13-3

The matter may be referred to the National Disciplinary Commission by the Minister of Justice or by the First President of the Court of Appeal in whose jurisdiction the labour arbitrator sits, after t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Discipline.

Article L1442-17

A councillor who refuses to be installed or who has been declared to have resigned may, of his own motion or at his own request, be relieved of the incapacity provided for in article L. 1441-10.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: Special provisions relating to general insurance in the départements of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle

Article L191-3

The provisions of this Title may not be amended by agreement, except those which give the parties a simple option and which are contained in Articles L. 191-7, L. 192-2 and L. 192-3.

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