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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Declaration of sports equipment

Article R312-4

The declarations provided for in article R. 312-3 must identify : 1° In all cases, the sports facility, its use and its characteristics, as well as its owner and, where applicable, its operator; 2° In…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common law provisions.

Article R312-4-4

…nty working days if direct debit issuers receive the details of the new bank account before 1 April 2017.X. - For the purposes of the sixth paragraph of III of Article L. 312-1-7, the transfer issuer…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Administrative police measures

Article L612-33

…9° to 11° of B of I of Article L. 612-2 under the conditions provided for in Article L. 612-33-2 ; 15° Require class 2 and class 3 investment firms to reduce the risks threatening the security of net…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supervisory Board, Executive Board and Management Board

Article L6143-7

…The Director is competent to settle the affairs of the institution other than those listed in 1° to 15° and other than those falling within the remit of the Supervisory Board listed in article L. 6143…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L561-36-2

…cluding those of the European regulations on restrictive measures taken pursuant to Articles 75 or 215 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, as well as those taken pursuant to the sa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative police powers of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article L5145-5

…labelling and package leaflet included in the marketing authorisation, in accordance with Article 15 of the same Regulation;9° The obligation for the holder of a marketing authorisation or registrat…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 14: Beef and veal, sheepmeat and pigmeat

Article R412-30

…1° The provisions of Articles 11 and 12, paragraphs 1, 2 and 5 of Article 13, Article 14, Article 15 and paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 15a of amended Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Par…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Applications

Article 1077

The claim may be based on only one of the cases provided for in the third to sixth paragraphs of Article 229 of the Civil Code. Any claim made in the alternative in any other case is inadmissible. Exc…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information

Article L224-3

…ases of voluntary interruption of energy supply, without prejudice to the provisions of article L. 115-3 of the Code de l'action sociale et des familles ;12° The conditions of contractual liability of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pay slip

Article R3243-1

…ed to in a of 8°, after deduction of the exemptions from the same contributions referred to in 13°; 15° Mention of the section dedicated to the pay slip on the www. service-public. fr portal ; 16° In…

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