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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Transport by sea.

Article 72

1. Within twenty-four hours of the vessel's arrival in port, the master must lodge at the customs office : a) as a summary declaration : - the cargo manifest, with an authentic translation if necessar…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 6: Financial guarantee.

Article R211-29

When the financial guarantee results from membership of a group of associations or non-profit organisations registered in the register referred to in article L. 141-3, the association or non-profit or…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Purpose and conditions of award

Article 211-90

…riting the subtitle and audio description texts;2° Interpreting and recording the audio description;3° Mixing and sound transfer;4° Inlaying the subtitles;5° Adapting the digital subtitling and audio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VII: Enforcement of European protection orders in the Member States of the European Union pursuant to Directive 2011/99/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on the European protection order

Article 696-90

…eas in which the victim is or frequents; 2° A prohibition or regulation of contact with the victim; 3° A prohibition on approaching the victim at less than a certain distance, or under certain conditi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the matching of personal data carried out by the Autorité nationale des jeux and by La Française des jeux for the purposes of Article L. 333-1-4

Article R333-10-1

…Article R. 333-11 ; 2° Process the data contained in the processing mentioned in article R. 333-5 ; 3° Transmit the information defined in article R. 333-12 in response. A copy of the authorisation de…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Investment research, financial analysis and voting advisory services

Article L544-6

Articles L. 544-3 to L. 544-5 apply to voting advisers whose registered office is in France, to voting advisers whose registered office is not in a Member State of the European Union but whose head of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Access to non-identifying data and the identity of the third-party donor

Article L2143-2

Any person conceived by medically assisted procreation with a third party donor may, if they so wish, have access at the age of majority to the identity and non-identifying data of the third party don…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of the Order.

Article L4232-4

…elected by and from among the members of these regional councils in a first-past-the-post ballot; 3° A pharmacist public health inspector representing the Minister for Health in an advisory capacity…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Report presenting the procedure carried out by the contracting authorities

Article R2184-2

…tem;2° The names of the candidates excluded and the reasons for the rejection of their applications;3° The names of the candidates selected and the reasons for this choice;4° The names of the tenderer…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Report presenting the procedure carried out by the purchasers

Article R2384-2

…e and address of the purchaser, the subject and value of the contract;2° The award procedure chosen;3° The names of the candidates excluded and the reasons for the rejection of their applications;4° T…

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