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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal penalties

Article L1337-9

…L. 173-5 to L. 173-12 of the Environment Code apply to offences under this chapter. Corporate entities declared criminally liable, under the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions relating to the creation process

Article D331-22

Compliance with the conditions for the creation of video games set out in 3° and 4° of 1 of III of article 220 terdecies of the French General Tax Code is verified using a points scale. This scale is…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions authorising the organisers of sporting events and competitions to process personal data for the purposes of Article L. 333-1-4

Article R333-8

…or more of his agents or representatives with the appropriate technical and legal skills to: 1° Process the data contained in the database referred to in article R. 333-5 ; 2° Transmit to the Autorit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4431-1

…tic Lands, subject to the adaptations provided for in Articles L. 4431-2 to L. 4431-10:- Title I, except for articles L. 4112-1 to L. 4112-5 and L. 4113-9 to L. 4113-12 ;- the first paragraph of artic…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions relating to the control of groups

Article R356-5-2

…tion to a competent authority of another Member State to carry out on-site inspections of an insurance or reinsurance undertaking or a person linked to it, pursuant to the first paragraph of Article L…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Withdrawal of approval

Article R383-1

…ll be understood to mean: "undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-2", "undertakings" or "insurance or reinsurance undertakings";2° The reference to Article L. 321-1 is replaced by the reference to…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1

Article R421-28

…tributions referred to in Article R. 421-27 are set by order of the Minister responsible for insurance, subject to the following maximum amounts:-Contribution from insurance companies in respect of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Sole traders with limited liability

Article L526-15

In the event that the individual limited liability entrepreneur renounces the appropriation or in the event of his death, the declaration mentioned in Article L. 526-7 ceases to have effect. However,…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 2: Journalists accompanying Members of Parliament

Article R744-39

…mpanies a member of parliament, senator or representative to the European Parliament elected in France in accordance with the second paragraph of article L. 744-12, the head of the holding centre, his…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for the issue of negotiable debt securities.

Article D213-1

…maturity of more than one year, issued by all the issuers mentioned in Article L. 213-3, with the exception of the issuer mentioned in 12 of the same article. II. - Negotiable debt securities may be f…

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