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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-3-3

…3-10 and without prejudice to the granting of a suspended suspension pursuant to article L. 232-23-3-2, the duration of the suspension measures mentioned in 2° of I of article L. 232-23 for a breach…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article R6341-24-8

The following are revalued on 1st April each year by application of the coefficient mentioned inarticle L. 161-25 of the Social Security Code : 1° The amounts paid as remuneration for the training per…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1a: Complaints by electronic means

Article D8-2-2

When a victim is about to lodge a complaint online, he or she must be informed, by information appearing legibly on the site's home screens: 1° That lodging a complaint online is only an option and th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Assessment of clinical data

Article R5211-36

The evaluation of the clinical data referred to in Article L. 5211-3-2, hereinafter referred to as the "clinical evaluation", must, taking into account any relevant harmonised standards, follow a proc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval.

Article R511-3-1

…n particular, the quality of the shareholders with regard to the criteria set out in Article R. 511-3-2, as well as the good repute and experience of the members of the management body involved in the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Counterfeiting litigation

Article L716-4-4

…/2013 of 12 June 2013 by the trade mark proprietor on the basis of the provisions of Article L. 713-3-2 shall be inadmissible if, in the course of the proceedings to determine whether the registered t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Exclusive right of exploitation

Article L613-5-3

The rights conferred by articles L. 613-2-2 and L. 613-2-3 do not extend to acts performed with a view to creating or discovering and developing other plant varieties.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Title V: Health products composed in whole or in part of genetically modified organisms.

Article L5150-1

Articles L. 125-3, L. 531-1 to L. 531-3-2, L. 533-1 to L. 533-8, L. 535-1 to L. 535-9, L. 536-1 to L. 536-5, L. 536-8 and L. 537-1 of the Environment Code apply to the products mentioned in Article L.…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Loans, profit participation certificates and mutualist certificates.

Article R322-77

…s or to strengthen their solvency margin, in the case of undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-3-2, or their eligible own funds, in the case of undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-3-1, and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General principles

Article L1871-1

…L. 1611-3 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 L. 1611-3-1 the loi n° 2015-991 du 7 août 2015 L. 1611-3-2 la loi n° 2019-1461 du 27 décembre 2019 L. 1611-4 la loi n° 96-142 du 21 février 1996 L. 1611-5…

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