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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the freezing of assets and the prohibition on making assets available to third parties

Article L562-4-1

I.-The persons referred to in Article L. 561-2 shall put in place an organisation and internal procedures for the implementation of the measures for freezing assets and prohibiting the making availabl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the freezing of assets and the prohibition on making assets available to third parties

Article L562-3-1

The Minister for the Economy, in conjunction with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, shall draw up a list of resolutions adopted under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter on the basis of which de…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegated federations

Article L131-16-1

Access by a delegated sports federation to personal information relating to gambling transactions, with a view to the implementation of a possible sanction procedure against a player in a sports compe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L228-29-10

For the calculation of the ratios provided for in article L. 228-11, existing non-voting preference shares and investment certificates are taken into account. However, the application of the provision…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Rehabilitation, re-education and vocational training.

Article L5213-3-1

I.-The agreement for occupational re-education in a company is concluded between the employer, the employee and the primary health insurance fund or the general social security fund referred to in art…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: European investment service providers

Article L532-18-2

The provisions of Articles L. 533-1, L. 533-6, L. 533-9, L. 533-11 to L. 533-20, the first paragraph of Article L. 533-23, 2° and 4° of Article L. 533-24, 1° and 2° of Article L. 533-24-1, Articles L.…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L212-3-1

I. - Where the performer has transferred all or part of his exploitation rights, the assignee shall send him or make available to him by an electronic communication process, at least once a year, expl…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L212-3-10

The provisions of article L. 131-9 are applicable to contracts constituting an authorisation of exploitation pursuant to articles L. 212-3 and L. 212-4, between producers and performers.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-19-5

The non-collective sanitation fee includes a share intended to cover the costs of checking the design, siting and proper execution and operation of the installations and, where applicable, a share int…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Accounting obligations applicable to certain traders.

Article L123-28-1

By way of derogation from Articles L. 123-12 to L. 123-23, the natural persons mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 123-16-1 may not draw up a balance sheet and profit and loss account if t…

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