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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L114-16

I.-As an exception to law no. 83-634 of 13th July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants, law no. 84-16 of 11th January 1984 on the statutory provisions relating to the State civil servi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions relating to the regional sports conference

Article R112-39

…General Local Authorities Code, where applicable, the plan contracts mentioned inarticle 11 of law no. 82-653 of 29 July 1982 on planning reform, federal sports projects and the work of thematic comm…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L312-4

…nism established by Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2014, the deposit guarantee and resolution fund referred to in II is the fund provided for with…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Participation of users in the operation of the healthcare system

Article L1114-6

…at national level which join the union. This union is constituted under the terms of the law of 1st July 1901 relating to the contract of association. Its articles of association and regulations are s…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to Book III

Article L2623-1

…rds: "or the objectives of Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of procedures for the award of certain works contracts, supply contrac…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXa: Declaration by management companies of venture capital mutual funds, professional investment funds, partnerships and venture capital companies

Article 242 quinquies

…ovided for respectively in the third paragraph and the fourth paragraph of 1° of article 1-1 of law no. 85-695 of 11 July 1985 containing various economic and financial provisions;2° For each distribu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Arrest and surrender

Article 627-5

…of the Convention relating to the Statute of the International Criminal Court signed in Rome on 18 July 1998, the liberty and custody judge may, until the person's appearance before the investigating…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Organisational requirements

Article L420-8

…nstruments in accordance with the provisions of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/588 of 14 July 2016 supplementing Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on market…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Forfeiture rules

Article L518-24

…either the requisition for payment, the terms of which are set out in article 15 of the order of 3 July 1816, or one of the acts referred to in articles 2241 and 2244 of the Civil Code. No later than…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Employer representation at professional branch level

Article L2152-1

…concerned. In these branches, employers' associations constituted in accordance with the law of 1st July 1901 relating to the contract of association and whose statutory purpose is the defence of prof…

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