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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 6: Disciplinary sanctions

Article R222-41

The sports agents' commission publishes the sanctions imposed pursuant to article L. 222-19 on sports agents, licence-holders, associations and affiliated companies, in accordance with the conditions…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Simplified arrangements for declaring and collecting social security contributions

Article L1522-4

The provisions of sub-section 2 of section 1 of chapter III bis of book I of the social security code relating to private individuals who employ childcare workers mentioned in 4° of article L. 133-5-6…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-9-1

The Minister for the Economy may, after consultation with the Consultative Committee for Financial Legislation and Regulation and at the request of one or more of the representative professional bodie…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title V: Information organisation

Article L451-3

…ory of the French Republic, the information centre shall provide the information specified in 1° to 5° of article L. 451-1 to the insurance companies of the injured parties, to the guarantee fund ment…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article 698-9

The trial courts mentioned in articles 697 and 697-5 may, if they find in their decision that publicity is likely to result in the disclosure of a national defence secret, order, by decision given in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to reinstatement in employment or office.

Article L2422-2

The member of the staff delegation to the social and economic committee or the local representative or the member of the staff delegation to the inter-company social and economic committee whose decis…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy.

Article L3123-34

…elements of the remuneration ; 3° The employee's minimum annual working time; 4° The work periods ; 5° The distribution of working hours within these periods.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I ter: Organisations of collective management bodies

Article R321-4

The date of the annual general meeting provided for in article L. 323-5 is determined by the Articles of Association. When this meeting cannot be held under the conditions provided for in the Articles…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Application of international agreements and European Union law

Article R614-15

The annual fees provided for in Article L. 612-19 for the patent application resulting from the conversion of a European patent application carried out under the conditions provided for by the article…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title XIV: Trusts

Article 2018

…e contract; 3° The identity of the settlor or settlors; 4° The identity of the trustee or trustees; 5° The identity of the beneficiary or beneficiaries or, failing that, the rules allowing their desig…

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