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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article 343

1. The action for the enforcement of sentences shall be brought by the Public Prosecutor. 2. The action for the enforcement of tax penalties shall be brought by the Customs Administration; the Public…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Personalised project for access to employment and reasonable offer of employment.

Article R5411-16

…is entrusted to these organisations; 2° The adapted service offer that these organisations propose; 3° The procedures for implementing job search monitoring; 4° The procedures for exchanging informati…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-20 A (art. A322-101)

CONDITIONS FOR TEACHING TRIMIX OR HELIOX DIVINGDEVELOPMENT AREASMINIMUM LEVELof diversSKILLSminimum of the group leaderNUMBER OF DIVERSmaximumof the group, excludingsupervisor0 - 40 metres. Level P 3…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Common rules governing the practice of the profession

Article R4311-53

…4124-3-9 are applicable to nurses.For the application of article R. 4124-3-5 to nurses, 1°, 2° and 3° of II are replaced by the following provisions:"For nurses, the report is drawn up by three quali…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Powers of investigation.

Article R450-8

…ctorate General of Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control or his appointed representative ;3° The Regional Director of the Economy, Employment, Labour and Solidarity or his appointed represen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Professional secrecy

Article L511-34

…mation necessary for the organisation of the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing;3° The information necessary for the organisation of the detection of market abuse referred to in Ar…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Accounting and financial system

Article D211-66

…sts; 2° Payments made to public and private bodies in execution of teaching or research agreements; 3° In general, any expenditure necessary for its activity.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Inspections and controls

Article L1435-7-2

…nges ; 2° Be in contact by this means with persons likely to be the perpetrators of these offences; 3° Acquiring products or substances. Under penalty of nullity, these acts may not have the effect of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-7

…s are accepted under the conditions laid down by order of the Minister for the Economy and Finance; 3° Notwithstanding the provisions of Articles R. 332-3-3 and R. 332-8, claims against reinsurers are…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Successive contracts in the same position.

Article L1244-3-1

In the absence of a stipulation in the agreement or branch agreement concluded in application of article L. 1244-3, this waiting period is equal to: 1° One third of the duration of the expired contrac…

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