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Showing 30613070 of 3889 articles for Art. CE 21 Dec 2012 n° 353856

French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegated federations

Article L131-16-1

Access by a delegated sports federation to personal information relating to gambling transactions, with a view to the implementation of a possible sanction procedure against a player in a sports compe…

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

Article L232-18-8

…the request of the investigators and subject to the preservation of a legally protected secret enforceable against the French Anti-Doping Agency, to refuse to give access to a document, whatever its m…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: INFORMATION AND PARTICIPATION OF RESIDENTS

Article L2143-1

…unicipality. Each neighbourhood has a neighbourhood council, the name, composition and operating procedures of which are determined by the municipal council. The district councils may be consulted by…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Seizures of certain intangible movable property or intangible movable rights

Article 706-153

…tion, the liberty and custody judge, at the request of the public prosecutor, may order by reasoned decision the seizure, at the advanced expense of the Treasury, of the property or intangible rights…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Combating the international spread of disease.

Article L3115-1

…ic, by the provisions of the health regulations adopted by the World Health Organisation in accordance with Articles 21 and 22 of its Constitution, international arrangements and national laws and reg…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Illegal practice.

Article L4161-5

Illegal practice of the profession of doctor, dental surgeon or midwife is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €30,000. Natural persons are also liable to the following additional pena…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Submission and processing of applications

Article R612-8

…d in Article L. 612-2, drawn up in the French language, subject to the provisions of Article R. 612-21.Where one of the documents mentioned in the previous paragraph is missing, the applicant shall be…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Indirect taxes

Article 1794

For the offences listed below, the penalty of between one and three times the amount of duty is replaced by a penalty of between one and three times the value of the apparatus, objects, products or go…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Contributions and taxes other than those provided for in the General Tax Code

Article L3333-1

…the public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation mentioned in 1° to 3° of I of article L. 5211-21, by decision of the deliberative body taken under the conditions provided for in Article L. 2…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products

Article L5541-3

For the application of Article L. 5311-1 in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, paragraphs 1 to 21 are replaced by the following paragraphs 1 to 14:1° Medicinal products, including magistral, hospital…

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