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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-3-2

I.-The College of the French Anti-Doping Agency, in the event of an administrative composition agreement concluded pursuant to the fourth paragraph of article L. 232-22, and the Sanction Commission ma…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L322-26-2-4

At the close of each financial year, the Board of Directors or, where applicable, the Management Board of mutual insurance companies shall draw up a management report. The provisions of Article L. 322…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L322-26-2-3

Notwithstanding the provisions of the first paragraph of II of article L. 823-19 of the French Commercial Code, the specialised committee referred to in this article may include a maximum of two membe…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 5: Remedies and limitation periods

Article L232-24-2

The acts taken in application of 16° of I of article L. 232-5 may be appealed against by the parties referred to in article L. 232-24 before the Court of Arbitration for Sport alone as part of the app…

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

Article 2-16

Any association that has been duly registered for at least five years on the date of the events and that proposes, through its articles of association, to combat drug addiction or drug trafficking may…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Obligations of investment service providers

Article L775-24

I.-Subject to the provisions of II and III, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prudential control and resolution authority

Article L785-2

I.-The articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions of II and III, in the wording indicated in the right-ha…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Reporting and information requirements

Article L561-21

Notwithstanding Article L. 561-18, the persons mentioned in 1° to 7°c and in 12°, 12°a, 13°, 18° and 19° of Article L. 561-2 may, when acting for the same customer and in the same transaction or when…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Unions of trade unions.

Article L2133-2

Unions of trade unions are subject to the provisions of articles L. 2131-1, L. 2131-3 to L. 2131-5, L. 2141-1 and L. 2141-2. They make known the name and registered office of the trade unions of which…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Compulsory non-life insurance.

Article L242-2

In the cases provided for by articles 1831-1 to 1831-5 of the Civil Code relating to property development contracts, as well as by…

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