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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the statutes of professional leagues

Article R132-2

…m of an association declared in accordance with the provisions of the law of 1st July 1901 relating to the contract of association. The members of the professional league referred to in 1° of article…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions relating to the control of groups

Article R356-2

…specify the procedures applied by the supervisory authorities concerned: 1° For decisions relating to applications for approval of internal models and the level of supplementary capital requirements,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Offences common to the various forms of commercial company

Article L247-2

I.-It is punishable by a fine of 18,000 euros for the chairmen, directors, members of the management board, managers or managing directors of legal entities, as well as for natural persons, to refrain…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Single chapter: Treatment of over-indebtedness

Article L771-2

…u 21 février 2017 L. 711-7 and L. 711-8 Resulting from Order no. 2016-301 of 14 March 2016 relating to the legislative part of the Consumer Code L. 711-9 Resulting from the loi n° 2022-172 du 14 févri…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Single chapter: Treatment of over-indebtedness

Article R771-2

For the application of Article R. 771-1: 1° In Article R. 712-5, references to the provisions of Article L. 811-1 are replaced by references to locally applicable provisions having the same purpose; 2…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Reporting obligations relating to certain occupational risk factors

Article L4163-2

…ded collective branch agreement mentioned inarticle L. 4162-1 may determine the exposure of workers to one or more of the occupational risk factors mentioned in I of article L. 4163-1 above the thresh…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: The single body responsible for business formalities

Article R123-2

…ies, accessible via the Internet, secure and free of charge, which enables the declarant, according to his choice: 1° Draw up a single file in accordance with the conditions set out in article R. 123-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Establishments authorised to retrieve tissues for therapeutic purposes.

Article R1242-2

The authorisation to take tissue samples for therapeutic purposes from a deceased person is issued, suspended or withdrawn under the same conditions as those laid down in article R. 1233-2 and article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Criminal provisions

Article D753-25

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Criminal provisions

Article D752-24

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable art…

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