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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The director of the sports resources, expertise and performance centre

Article R114-13

…and long leases ;b) The rates for services and products provided for in 1° of III of article R. 114-20 ;These decisions become enforceable fifteen days after they have been transmitted;2° Decisions of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-10

…ering and terrorist financing or by the European Commission pursuant to Article 9 of Directive (EU) 2015/849 of 20 May 2015 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of mone…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK III: Certain forms of sale and exclusivity clauses.

Article L310-5

…t in articles 495-17 to 495-25 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, by the payment of a fixed fine of 200 euros. The amount of the reduced fixed fine is 150 euros and the amount of the increased fixed f…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Monitoring exposure to occupational risk factors

Article L4163-16

…icle L. 4163-14 of this Code and, for the companies and establishments mentioned in articles L. 722-20 and L. 722-24 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, the agricultural social security funds may…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the eligibility of feature films

Article 912-1

…o cinemas, are subject, until the end of the state of health emergency declared by article 4 of law no. 2020-290 of 23 March 2020 on the emergency response to the covid-19 epidemic, first made availab…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-8

…ubject of a marketing authorisation issued by the European Union pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004, laying down Community procedure…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of human body parts and products

Article R1542-5

…of Book II of this Part is applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, as amended by Decrees No. 2008-588 of 19 June 2008, No. 2015-1281 of 13 October 2015, No. 2016-273 of 4 March 2016, and No…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Permanence of care in general medicine

Article R6315-1

The purpose of the permanent care service provided for in Article L. 6314-1 is to meet the need for unscheduled care: 1° Every day from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. ; 2° Sundays and public holidays from 8am to 8p…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions relating to beneficiaries

Article 211-3

To be eligible for financial assistance for production and preparation, production companies must meet the following conditions:1° Be established in France;2° Have chairmen, directors or managers, as…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 1132

…ity under the previous regime, but would have been subject to or admitted to it by virtue of Decree no. 55-22 du 4 janvier 1955 modifié, portant réforme de la publicité foncière;2° - qui, soumis à pub…

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