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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1a: Compulsory release

Article 720

I.-The situation of any convicted person serving one or more custodial sentences of a total duration of less than or equal to five years must be examined by the sentence enforcement judge with a view…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Operating rights

Article L333-1-2

…etting games on the basis of the provisions provided for in I of Article 137 of Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 relating to the growth and transformation of businesses, the draft contract between the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-3

…n matters of property effects of registered partnerships;- of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and comme…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-1-1-2

…mitments referred to in 1° of Article L. 310-1 are subject to the provisions of I of Article L. 533-22 of the Monetary and Financial Code, insofar as they invest in shares admitted to trading on a reg…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Advance information of employees enabling them to make an offer in the event of the sale of a business in undertakings subject to the obligation to set up a works council

Article L141-28

In companies subject to the obligation to set up a works council pursuant to article L. 2322-1 of the Labour Code and which, at the close of the last financial year, fell into the category of small an…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial organisation

Article R114-20

…pursuant to the provisions of article L. 114-5 and 2° of II of article 133 of law no. 2015-991 of 7 August 2015 on the new territorial organisation of the Republic;4° Any other contribution from a pub…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal penalties

Article L1337-1-1

…12-1 of the Mining Code and in article 141 of the Mining Code as amended by decree no. 56-838 of 16 August 1956 on the Mining Code and the texts which have supplemented or amended it, are investigated…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Special rebates

Article 1398

…farmers. However, until the promulgation of the law referred to in article 1 of law no. 50-960 of 8 August 1950, affected farmers not insured against hail benefit from the reliefs provided for in this…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Payment systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments

Article L754-14

…308 of 8 October 2021 L. 330-3 Order no. 2009-866 of 15 July 2009 L. 330-4 Order no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 II.For the application of I: 1° References to EU Regulations No 648/2012 of the European…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations to overseas municipalities.

Article R2334-9-3

…Futuna Islands, in accordance with the provisions of Article 16 of the aforementioned Decree of 17 August 1994.Unless otherwise stated, the population to be taken into account for the application of…

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