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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties.

Article 459

1. Any person who contravenes or attempts to contravene the laws and regulations governing financial relations with foreign countries, either by failing to comply with reporting or repatriation obliga…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Groupings of tourist municipalities and classified tourist resorts.

Article L134-4

The provisions of this section apply to communes which have been authorised to form a syndicate of communes with a view to obtaining the creation of an intermunicipal station.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to all companies

Article R822-41

The application for registration of a company shall be submitted collectively by the partners and addressed to the High Council under the conditions provided for in articles R. 822-8 to R. 822-11. The…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to all companies

Article R822-40

The company is incorporated subject to the condition precedent that it is entered on the list drawn up by the High Council.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-7

PROGRAMME OF COMMON TRAINING TESTS FOR THE SECOND-DEGREE STATE CERTIFICATE IN SPORTS EDUCATION (BREVET D'ÉTAT D'ÉDUCATEUR SPORTIF DU DEUXIÈME DEGRÉ) (art. A212-131 and A212-118)The aim of the diploma…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Participative finance service providers

Article D547-4

For the purposes of Article L. 547-5, the provider of participative finance services shall include the overheads incurred by the activity mentioned in Article L. 547-4 in the calculation of the pruden…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Exceptional situations involving work performed in a hyperbaric environment

Article R4461-49

In the event of an unforeseen event requiring a one-off modification to the work organisation initially defined, the employer may ask the worker to deviate from the maximum pressures authorised by his…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Protocol for therapeutic use and patient monitoring

Article R5121-74-5

I.-The granting of a compassionate access authorisation is subject to the establishment by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé of a therapeutic use and patient moni…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 43

The public prosecutor of the place where the offence was committed, the public prosecutor of the place of residence of one of the persons suspected of having taken part in the offence, the public pros…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition.

Article R6152-322-7

When the ballot takes place by post, the ballot papers, envelopes and supporting documents are produced by the administration at its own expense. Only electoral material supplied by the administration…

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