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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Provisions relating to sports betting bans

Article R131-38-1

…e their cumulative total exceeds the threshold mentioned inArticle 11 of Decree no. 2019-1061 of 17 October 2019 on the supervision of the games offered by La Française des jeux and Pari mutuel urbain…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L654-2

…91-647 of 10 July 1991 relating to legal aid" are replaced by the words: "Order no. 92-1147 of 12 October 1992 relating to legal aid in criminal matters in New Caledonia and the Wallis and Futuna Is…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-5

…atforms Located on the Continental Shelf, done at Rome on 10 March 1988 and revised at London on 14 October 2005, may be prosecuted and tried under the conditions laid down in Article 689-1 any person…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions common to mutual insurance companies with a board of directors and general management and with a supervisory board and management board

Article R322-55-1

…it-sharing scheme for the company's employees under the conditions laid down by Order 86-1134 of 21 October 1986 as amended relating to profit-sharing and employee share ownership.III - Mutual insuran…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Own funds

Article R351-20

…counterparties is specified in Article 63 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014; b) The recoverability of funds, taking into account the legal form of the relevant ite…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions relating to the allocation of investment allowances

Article 911-2

…e of cessation of the state of health emergency declared by article 1 of decree no. 2020-1257 of 14 October 2020 declaring a state of health emergency and extended until 16 February 2021 inclusive by…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Filing formalities

Article R512-3

…the same class, within the meaning of the classification established by the Locarno Agreement of 8 October 1968. However, this condition does not apply where the filing relates to ornamentation or if…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope and definitions

Article R4412-96

…thority referred to in Article L. 4531-1 or the shipowner, referred to in Decree No. 2017-1442 of 3 October 2017 on the prevention of asbestos-related risks on board ships, under the conditions of ent…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition of the committee responsible for examining applications from pharmacists holding evidence of formal qualifications issued by a Member State of the European Union or by another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or by a third State and recognised by a Member State or a State party.

Article D4221-2

…for authorisation to practise within an in-house pharmacy, as mentioned in I and II of article R. 5126-4, it also includes a pharmacist who fulfils one of the conditions set out in articles R. 5126-2…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commencement of employment, management, remuneration and benefits

Article R6153-10

…unt of which is calculated in accordance with the rules laid down in article 10 of the decree of 24 October 1985 relating to the remuneration of civil and military personnel of the State and personnel…

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