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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Informing the person entered in the file

Article R53-8-9

…he registry officer specially authorised by the head of the prison in accordance with 4° of article 706-53-7, that the person incarcerated has not been the subject of the information mentioned in arti…

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

Article 2-1

…or to assist victims of discrimination based on their national, ethnic, racial or religious origin, may exercise the rights granted to civil parties with regard to, on the one hand, discrimination pun…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Provident and supplementary pension schemes for self-employed workers

Article L144-1

Contracts covered by this section are governed by article L. 141-1 and may be taken out by an association covered by article L. 141-7 , whose members are : 1° Either exclusively persons who are self-e…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-2

…to the provisions of article L. 310-10, the direct insurance operations defined in article L. 310-1 may be carried out in the territory of the French Republic only :1° by undertakings having their reg…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General rules.

Article L325-1

…e L. 612-39, the administrative authorisation provided for in Articles L. 321-1, L. 321-1-1, L. 321-7 and L. 329-1 may be withdrawn by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution in the event…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Financial and accounting system

Article R411-23

I.-As an exception to Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management, the Agency's funds may be deposited with the Caisse des dépôts et consignations, subject to…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Establishments providing sailing instruction

Article A322-67

…cordance with the conditions laid down in this sub-section. Several qualified technical supervisors may be appointed, each responsible for the technical aspects of some of the nautical activities taug…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: European investment service providers

Article L532-18-1

…sation it has received there, any legal or natural person authorised to provide investment services may, without prejudice to the provisions of Articles L. 511-21 to L. 511-28, establish branches to p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter XI: Sharing capital gains on the sale of shares with company employees

Article L23-11-3

…are treated as periods of presence: 1° Periods of maternity leave provided for in article L. 1225-17 of the French Labour Codeand adoption leave provided for in article L. 1225-37 of the same code; 2…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER Ia : The regional plan for economic development, innovation and internationalisation

Article L4251-13

…carried out by the local authorities and their groupings, pursuant to articles L. 1511-3 , L. 1511-7 and L. 1511-8 , Title V of Book II of Part Two and Title III of Book II of Part Three.The guidelin…

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