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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to requests for information received by the French services

Article 695-9-42

The departments and units referred to in Article 695-9-31 may refuse to transmit the information requested where it relates to an offence punishable in France by a term of imprisonment of up to one ye…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to requests for information received by the French services

Article 695-9-44

…ted by a service or unit referred to in Article 695-9-31 to the competent service of a Member State and the latter intends to communicate it to another State or to use it for a purpose other than that…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to requests for information received by the French services

Article 695-9-40

Information may only be transmitted to the competent services of the Member State that requested it with the prior authorisation of a magistrate whenever such authorisation is required in France to ac…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to requests for information received by the French services

Article 695-9-47

An order of the Minister for Justice, the Minister for the Interior and the Minister for the Budget shall designate the contact points to which requests for the transmission of information may be addr…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Operating rights

Article L333-1-4

…vided for inArticle 21 of Law No. 2010-476 of 12 May 2010 relating to the opening up to competition and the regulation of the online gambling and games of chance sector; 2° To the company holding the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 7: Termination

Article L145-46-1

…he premises, he must inform the tenant by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, or by hand delivery against receipt or acknowledgement of receipt. To be valid, this notification must indi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article D48-2-4

…she informs him or her of the prison in which he or she is to be incarcerated, as well as the date and times at which he or she is to report to that prison. After this information has been provided,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: General provisions

Article L4221-4-1

When the regions, their groupings and their public establishments make amicable property acquisitions in accordance with the rules of civil law, or when the acquisition takes place by auction, the not…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Governance system

Article R354-4-1

…irectors or the Supervisory Board, on all matters relating to compliance with the laws, regulations and administrative provisions governing the taking up and pursuit of the business of insurance and r…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title V: Provisions relating to the Central Pricing Office.

Article R250-4-2

When it rules on compulsory medical liability insurance as provided for in Article L. 251-1 on referrals from self-employed health professionals, the Central Pricing Office may decide to apply either…

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