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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Travel expenses

Article A743-18

I.-The travel expenses mentioned in a of 5° of I of article Annex 4-8 shall be reimbursed at a flat rate for the distance travelled on both the outward and return journeys, equal to the price of: 1° 1…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the presence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-18

…herwise. Any expenditure exceeding the obligations of the usufructuary, as defined by the articles 582 et seq, only engages him with his consent given in the agreement itself or by a subsequent deed.…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Automated processing of personal data known as "Therapeutic Use Exemptions for Sportsmen and Sportswomen".

Article R232-85-7

I.-The data mentioned in article R. 232-85-4 is communicated to the World Anti-Doping Agency. II.The following have access to this data with the consent of the French Anti-Doping Agency: 1° An interna…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Trade union rights.

Article D6152-73-4

…t from among the staff employed by the public bodies mentioned in article 2 of the law of 9 January 1986. The use of the overall trade union time credit by the beneficiaries is granted by the director…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Enforcement of confiscation orders issued by foreign judicial authorities

Article 713-40

The execution on the territory of the Republic of a confiscation order issued by a foreign court entails the transfer to the French State of ownership of the confiscated property, unless otherwise agr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 716-4

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVIII: Prosecution, investigation and trial of offences committed by legal persons

Article 706-43

The public prosecution is brought against the legal entity in the person of its legal representative at the time of the prosecution. The latter represents the legal entity in all acts of the proceedin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII quinquies : Compliance programme penalties

Article 764-44

…r in Article 131-39-2 of the Criminal Code has been imposed on a company mentioned in I of Article 17 de la loi n° 2016-1691 du 9 décembre 2016 relative à la transparence, à la lutte contre la corrupt…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Police custody

Article 706-88-1

…may, exceptionally and in accordance with the procedures set out in the second paragraph of Article 706-88, decide that the current police custody of a person, based on one of the offences referred to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article D214-80-4

…VI bis and VI ter of article 199 terdecies-0 A of the General Tax Code and in 1 of III of article 885-0 Va of the same code contain the following information: 1° A table containing the following inf…

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