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Showing 61616170 of 8110 articles for Art. CA Montpellier 21-12-2011

French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Provisions relating to sports betting bans

Article R131-43

I. - The National Gaming Authority shall carry out the checks requested by a delegated sports federation by comparing the file transmitted by the latter with the automated processing of personal data…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R222-10

…ssion of the relevant delegating federation to natural persons: 1° who, unless exempted by the application of the provisions of articles R. 222-18, R. 222-19, last paragraph, or R. 222-27, have passed…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety

Article L452-1

…a manner proportionate to the benefits derived from the offence, to 10% of average annual turnover, calculated on the last three annual turnover figures known on the date of the offence.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Referral to the European Public Prosecutor's Office

Article 696-111

The alerts provided for in Articles 1 to 3 and 5 of Article 24 of Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017 implementing enhanced cooperation in relation to the establishment of the Europea…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the matching of personal data carried out by the Autorité nationale des jeux and by La Française des jeux for the purposes of Article L. 333-1-4

Article R333-11

I. - The National Gaming Authority shall carry out the checks requested by the organiser of the sporting event or competition, by matching the file transmitted by the latter with the processing of per…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Monthly payments.

Article L3242-1

…year. For hours equivalent to the legal weekly working time, the monthly pay due to the employee is calculated by multiplying the hourly pay by 52/12 of the legal weekly working time. Remuneration is…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2

Article R421-39

…this rate is reduced to 5% when the accident results from an operation to destroy harmful animals carried out under articles 393 to 395 of the Rural Code; Policyholder contribution: maximum lump sum…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article R612-13

…essary for understanding the invention; 2° Lists of nucleotide and/or amino acid sequences; 3° Chemical or mathematical formulae. Schematics of process steps, diagrams as well as short extracts from c…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Exchange and dissemination of information

Article L512-18

…the Code of Criminal Procedure or those relating to professional secrecy do not prevent the communication, to the competent authorities of the Member States of the European Union and to the European…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Removal of goods from their place of detention

Article R512-16

The report and, where applicable, the samples are deposited by the authorised agent with the administrative department that records the sampling. An order of the Minister for the Economy may authorise…

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