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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to compensation for personal injury.

Article R421-17

Agreements by which intermediaries, in return for fees agreed in advance, arrange for victims of personal injury accidents or their beneficiaries to receive compensation from the guarantee fund are pr…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Means of communication and exchange of information

Article R3122-17

Candidates or tenderers may send the conceding authority a backup copy of the documents transmitted electronically under the conditions laid down by an order of the Minister for the Economy appended t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Duty to devote oneself to one's duties

Article R8124-17

Employees of the labour inspection system devote their entire professional activity to the duties entrusted to them. Combined activities are only possible under the conditions set out in article 25 se…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D131-2-1

Sports federations shall forward information relating to the identity of the persons referred to in article D. 131-2 to government departments in order to: 1° Enable these departments to check that th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: "My Training Activity" information system

Article R6351-17

I.-Personal data recorded in the processing mentioned in article R. 6351-13 is kept for the purposes of the checks provided for in article L. 6361-2 throughout the period of validity of the declaratio…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Operation and control.

Article R522-17

The prefect supervises the activity of general shops and checks that they are operating correctly.He has free access to establishments under his control and may carry out or have carried out all check…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 6: Decision by the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons

Article R531-17

The decision of the Director General of the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons shall state the surname, first name, position and department to which the person belongs.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Inspections by the Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire and approved bodies

Article R1333-174

A decision by the Nuclear Safety Authority, approved by the Minister responsible for radiation protection, defines, for approved organisations:1° The detailed list of information to be attached to the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Criminal penalties

Article 1783 A

Independent of the applicable tax penalties, breaches of the provisions of 2 of Article 119 bis, of 1 and 2 of Article 187 and of 2 of article 1672 and those of the decree which sets the terms and con…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3a: Other penalties for serious breaches of the law

Article 1731 bis

1. For income tax purposes, the deficits referred to in I of article 156 and tax reductions may not be offset against the increases and duties giving rise to the application of one of the increases pr…

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