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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-9-1

I.-It is forbidden for any athlete or any other person to use directly or indirectly, in the context of their professional or sporting activity, the services or advice of a member of the athlete suppo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General-purpose investment funds.

Article R214-32-35

I. - (Repealed)II. - A general-purpose investment fund may not hold more than :1° 10% of the non-voting equity securities of any one issuer ;2° 10% of the debt securities of any one issuer ;3° 10% of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Employee savings funds.

Article R214-208

Notwithstanding I and II of article R. 214-32-29, company mutual funds and employee shareholding open-ended investment companies may hold, without limitation, securities issued by the company or by a…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L411-8

Subject to the provisions of 2° of article L. 411-10, the employer, after consulting the works council or, where there is no works council, the staff representatives or any other consultative body wit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to the Department of Mayotte.

Article L927-2

The Mayotte Chamber of Commerce and Industry recruits and manages private-law staff and public-law staff, including those subject to the statute provided for by Law n° 52-1311 du 10 décembre 1952 rela…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article R214-67

A local investment fund may not invest more than 10% of its assets in rights representing a financial investment in entities mentioned in 2° of II of article L. 214-28 which are not covered by the oth…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R3354-6

The clinical medical examination and blood test shall be carried out as soon as possible after the offence or accident. Except in the case provided for in article R. 3354-10, this period shall not exc…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Regulatory part

Article Annexe 8

ANNEX 8 MENTIONED IN ARTICLE D. 553-10 scale of the allowance for asylum seekers I. Scale applicable with the exception of French Guiana and Saint-Martin The daily amount of the asylum seeker's allowa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Employee savings funds.

Article R214-212

The assets of a fonds commun de placement d'entreprise governed by articles L. 214-164 and L. 214-165 may include shares in sociétés anonymes à responsabilité limitée issued by companies governed by l…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Importation of faeces and faecal microbiota preparations

Article D513-11-11

I. - Stools and faecal microbiota preparations may only be imported from a State in which the donor selection, tests and analyses mentioned in the rules of good practice provided for in article L. 513…

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