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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article L232-28

Legal entities declared criminally liable, under the conditions set out in article 121-2 of the French Penal Code, for the offences defined in article L. 232-26 shall incur, in addition to the fine se…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Disclosure of accounts

Article L232-25

When filing in accordance with I of articles L. 232-21 to L. 232-23, companies meeting the definition of micro-enterprises within the meaning of article L. 123-16-1, with the exception of the companie…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article L232-27

Natural persons guilty of the offences provided for in article L. 232-26 of this Code shall also be liable to the following additional penalties: 1° Confiscation of the substances or processes, object…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Other consequences

Article L232-23-6

The decisions of the Sanction Committee of the French Anti-Doping Agency finding an anti-doping rule violation and the agreements concluded in accordance with article L. 232-22 shall be made public af…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Compliance by sports federations with their obligations

Article R232-41-12-4

Each approved federation shall appoint an anti-doping adviser responsible for ensuring that the federation complies with its obligations in terms of the fight against doping as set out in 5° of I and…

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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 Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-3-5

The duration of the period of Ineligibility referred to in 2° of I of article L. 232-23 for a breach of article L. 232-9-3 is two years. This period may be reduced by up to half, depending on the degr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Depreciation and provisions

Article L232-9

Subject to the provisions of the second paragraph of article L. 232-15, the company's formation expenses are amortised before any distribution of profits and, at the latest, within five years. Capital…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 6: Recognition of decisions

Article R232-104

The decisions referred to in 10° of I of article L. 232-5 may be recognised by the Board after the interested party has been given the opportunity to submit written observations and, where applicable,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Special provisions for companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market and certain of their subsidiaries.

Article R232-13

Within four months of the end of the first half of their financial year, companies whose shares are admitted, in whole or in part, to trading on a regulated market, shall attach and file with the Auto…

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