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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 40

…40-1.Any constituted authority, any public officer or civil servant who, in the performance of his duties, acquires knowledge of a crime or offence is required to notify the Public Prosecutor without…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 41

…uthorities of the State concerned, travel to the territory of a foreign State for the purpose of conducting hearings. In the event of flagrant offences, he shall exercise the powers conferred on him b…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Penalties involving deprivation of rights.

Article 433

1. Any person found by a court of law to have abused a suspensive procedure may, by decision of the Director General of Customs and Excise, be excluded from the temporary admission procedure and be de…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering, terrorist financing, the freezing of assets and prohibited lotteries and games

Article L773-43

…2-10; 5° A l'article L. 562-12, les références aux actes pris en application des articles 75 ou 215 du Traité sur le fonctionnement de l'Union européenne sont remplacées par les références à l'article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering, terrorist financing, the freezing of assets and prohibited lotteries and games

Article L774-43

…2-10; 5° A l'article L. 562-12, les références aux actes pris en application des articles 75 ou 215 du Traité sur le fonctionnement de l'Union européenne sont remplacées par les références à l'article…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-2-4

The duration of an employment contract referred to in article L. 222-2-3 may not be less than the duration of a sports season, which is set at twelve months. However, a contract concluded during a spo…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Precautionary measures

Article L232-23-4

…ion, a professional league or one of their members, unless these activities are part of recognised education or rehabilitation programmes linked to the fight against doping; 3° From exercising the fun…

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

Article R131-45-2

The rights of access to and rectification of the data mentioned in Article R. 131-45-1 may be exercised with the Chairman of the Autorité Nationale des Jeux and the Data Protection Officer of La Franç…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Alert mechanism

Article R212-94-4

…by the administrative authorities or national courts, on the practice of the profession of sports educator ; 2° The identity of sports educators found guilty, by the judicial judge, of having submitt…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Relations between hoteliers and online reservation platforms

Article L311-5-4

This sub-section applies regardless of where the online reservation platform is established, provided that the rental is made to a hotel established in France. Contracts between hoteliers and online r…

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