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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions.

Article L7124-34

In the event of an infringement of the provisions concerning child labour set out in this chapter, the court may, depending on the circumstances and only in the event of a repeat offence, order that t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 novodecies

…mentioned in I to a company with which it is dependent within the meaning of Article 39, paragraph 12 and which allocates the property to an activity mentioned in the first paragraph of this II.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-22

…in respect of offences punishable by the articles 224-1 A to 224-1 C, 225-4-1 à 225-4-9,225-5 à 225-12-2,225-14-1 and 225-14-2 of the Criminal Code, where the public prosecution has been initiated by…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-14-1

…rovisions of Articles L. 232-13-1 and L. 232-14, the testing operations mentioned in Article L. 232-12 as well as those falling within the competence of the international sports organisations that are…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIIIa: Basic excess

Article 293 D

…sactions that are not ancillary transactions and the transactions referred to in I and in 1° to 7°, 12° and 14° of II of article 262 and article 263.II. - The turnover referred to in III of article 29…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article 731-1

…f the Public Health Code if it is established, after the expert assessment provided for in Article 712-21 of this Code, that he or she is likely to undergo treatment. A person sentenced to at least fi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Investigations

Article R232-86

…the analyses referred to in article L. 232-18, the biological profile referred to in article L. 232-12-1 and any other information or intelligence enabling it to determine whether an anti-doping viola…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2141-11-1

…with the quality and safety standards in force, as well as the principles mentioned in articles L. 1244-3, L. 1244-4, L. 2141-2, L. 2141-3, L. 2141-11 and L. 2141-12 of the present Code and articles…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Report presenting the procedure carried out by the contracting authorities

Article R2184-3

…reasons why a minimum annual turnover in excess of the ceiling set in articles R. 2142-6 to R. 2142-12 has been required, if these have not been indicated in the consultation documents;4° The reasons…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Presentation of contracts

Article R211-5

…ovisions shall apply without prejudice to the obligations incumbent on the trader under Articles 7, 12 and 13 of the aforementioned Regulation and Articles 48 and 81 to 83 of law no. 78-17 of 6 Januar…

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