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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-22

Any association that has been duly registered for at least five years on the date of the events and whose statutory purpose includes the fight against slavery, human trafficking, procuring or social a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L441-3-1

…unt coefficients corresponding to a deferred or early liquidation in relation to the reference age; 5° The main technical and financial details of the agreement, in particular those enabling members t…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 1: Seizure operations

Article R523-3

…hich other disputes will be brought, in particular those relating to the enforcement of the seizure;5° A reproduction of articles R. 511-1 to R. 512-3 ;6° An indication, in the event of an account sei…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-3 (art. R322-27)

LIST OF PPE-SL SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE CODE OF SPORT 1. Head protection items such as helmets, light headgear. 2. Articles for the protection of all or part of the face such as mouthguards, m…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial reporting requirements

Article L451-1-4

…securities unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by the State or by a French local authority; 5° Entities issuing only debt securities admitted to trading on a regulated market, with a denominat…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY

Article R592-3

…words: ", or when their fingerprints taken pursuant to Article R. 521-7 are unusable," are deleted; 5° In Article R. 521-18, the reference to Article R. 521-7 is deleted; 6° The second paragraph of Ar…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Family proceedings

Article 1136-14

…l authority and the contribution to the maintenance and education of the children taken pursuant to 5° of Article 515-11 of the Civil Code and ordered prior to the decision ruling, even provisionally,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VII: Trial of offences

Article 837

…ces provided for by locally applicable provisions relating to the protection of woods and forests;" 5° 8° reads as follows:"8° Offences provided for by locally applicable regulations relating to real…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIa: Fixed fine procedure

Article R49-1

I.-A notice of offence and a payment card, the model for which is set by order of the Minister of Justice, shall be given to the offender when the offence is recorded. The notice mentions the time lim…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R1221-23

…to adverse reactions; 4° Serious incident: an incident likely to lead to serious adverse reactions;5° Post-donation information: information concerning the donor or the donation, discovered after a d…

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