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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Registration and publicity.

Article R4381-37

Notwithstanding articles 22, 24 and 26 of Decree no. 78-704 of 3 July 1978 relating to the application of Law no. 78-9 of 4 January 1978 amending Title IX of Book III of the Civil Code, the company is…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Suspended sentence

Article R60-1

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Authorisation and prior declaration

Article R331-3

…ate set for the event. Where the sporting event is a competition involving sports betting, the application for authorisation must be accompanied by the information mentioned in 1°, 2° and 3° of articl…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Appeals

Article R342-17

When the first president of the court of appeal or his delegate does not intend to reject, pursuant to article L. 342-14, the declaration of appeal without a hearing, the clerk of the court of appeal…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Tax officials entrusted with certain judicial police duties

Article R15-33-29-16

The report drawn up by the Public Prosecutor at the Paris Court of Appeal is brought directly to the attention of the authorised tax official, who may submit comments in writing within a period of fif…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Solidarity fund for municipalities in the Ile-de-France region

Article R2531-27

…y ballot paper sent by registered post to the prefecture of the Ile-de-France region, prefecture of Paris. The ballot papers are counted by a commission comprising: 1° The prefect of the Ile-de-France…

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

Article R214-32-16

…29 and L. 214-24-34; 3° A reliable valuation of them is available, in the following form: a) In the case of financial securities covered by 1° to 4° of I of Article R. 214-32-18, in the form of accura…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article L194-1

…L. 112-8, L. 112-10, L. 113-15-2, L. 122-7, L. 125-1 to L. 125-6, L. 132-30 and L. 132-31, are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version in force prior to the promulgation of Law no.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Capital increases

Article L212-15

Companies may carry out capital increases by issuing shares reserved for employees under the terms and conditions set out either in Articles L. 225-187 to L. 225-197 of the French Commercial Code or i…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Conversion of the agreement.

Article R441-28

…nder the conditions mentioned in articles R. 441-24 or R. 441-26, the assets representing the technical provisions mentioned in 1° and 3° of article R. 441-7 and half of the assets representing the te…

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