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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Checking and recording offences

Article L425-8

Customs officers, New Caledonian officials responsible for applying the regulations on the fight against doping and the protection of athletes' health, and officers and agents of the criminal investig…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Public Health Agency

Article L1413-8

Where it proves necessary to prevent or control serious risks to human health : 1° Any natural person or legal entity is required, at the Agency's request, to provide it with any information it holds…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Projects subject to authorisation

Article L212-8

For the purposes of assessing the thresholds mentioned in article L. 212-7, cinemas that are grouped together on the same site and which ... are considered to be part of the same cinema, whether or no…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Authorisation of payment institutions

Article L522-8

I. - The head office of any payment institution must be located in the same national territory as its registered office.II. - Any payment institution authorised in France carries out at least part of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Transfer of the business.

Article L642-8

In execution of the plan approved by the court, the liquidator or the administrator, where one has been appointed, shall take all necessary steps to complete the transfer. Pending the completion of th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The trade union committee.

Article L5212-8

The decision to establish or an amending decision may provide that the delegates appointed by the municipal councils of the communes that are members of the syndicat shall constitute a college for the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Auditing by the statutory auditors

Article L326-8

The statutory auditor shall verify that the information contained in the annual transparency report provided for in article L. 326-1 and in the database provided for in the first paragraph of article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Calculation and payment procedures.

Article L5422-8

Notwithstanding the provisions of articles L. 5421-1 and L. 5421-3, foreign workers involuntarily deprived of employment who leave France to settle in their country of origin may, at their request, co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L4211-8

By way of derogation from 1° and 4° of Article L. 4211-1, establishments or organisations authorised by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may prepare, store, dist…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe à l'article D312-26

Information document Presentation of financing proposals: revolving credit and amortising credit (Articles L. 312-62 and D. 312-26 of the French Consumer Code) For the purchase... [Specify the good(s)…

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