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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration of sports agents

Article R222-37

For the application of the provisions of the third paragraph (1°) of article L. 222-17, limiting the remuneration of a sports agent to 10% of the amount of the contract concluded by the parties that h…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special export provisions

Article 22

1. Decrees may temporarily and in cases of emergency permit or suspend the export of products of the soil and of national industry. 2. These acts must be presented, in the form of bills, to the Nation…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special export provisions

Article 23

By way of derogation from articles 21 and 22 above, export bans may, until a date to be set by decree, be established by orders of the Minister for the Economy and Finance, after consultation with the…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Special import provisions.

Article 23 bis

Subject to the application of international agreements, the import of foodstuffs, materials and products of all kinds and origins which do not comply with the legislative or regulatory obligations imp…

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French Customs CodeIn force
D. - Claiming seized objects.

Article 376

1. Seized or confiscated objects may not be claimed by their owners, nor may the price, whether deposited or not, be claimed by creditors, even preferential creditors, except in the case of their reco…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-22-1

Notwithstanding the provisions of article 712-10, only the enforcement judge of the Paris judicial court has jurisdiction, the tribunal de l'application des peines de Paris and the chambre de l'applic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Registration of financial securities

Article D211-9-4

…registered intermediary referred to in Article L. 211-4 on behalf of the shareholder, by midnight (Paris time) on the second business day preceding the General Meeting, either in the registered share…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND FOR SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article L591-2

For the application of this book in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion, Mayotte and Saint-Pierre and Miquelon: 1° References to the prefect are replaced by references to the representative…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose and award conditions

Article 441-6

In order to be eligible for support for the author's career, the project must comply with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L1613-1

…of 30 December 2008 on amending finances for 2008 and 1.2.4.2 and II du 6 de l'article 77 de la loi n° 2009-1673 du 30 décembre 2009 de finances pour 2010.In 2012, this amount is equal to €41,389,752,…

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