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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-2-1

…sional athletes and salaried professional coaches, with the exception of the provisions of articles L. 1221-2, L. 1241-1 to L. 1242-5, L. 1242-7 to L. 1242-9, L. 1242-12, L. 1242-13, L. 1242-17, L. 12…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Compensation for victims

Article L1142-22

…ing compensation on the basis of national solidarity, under the conditions defined in II of article L. 1142-1, in article L. 1142-1-1 and in article L. 1142-17, for damage caused by the occurrence of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter 1-2: Examination of genetic characteristics, genetic identification and genetic research.

Article L1541-5

…f Title III of Book I of this Part are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia:1° Articles L. 1130-1 to L. 1130-6, in the version resulting from law no. 2021-1017 of 2 August 2021, subject to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions specific to public limited companies

Article L22-10-71

…any, shall present, in a report attached to the report mentioned in the second paragraph of Article L. 225-100, their observations on the report referred to, as the case may be, in article L. 225-37 o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the implementation of a resolution measure

Article L613-55-10

By way of derogation from Articles L. 613-55-8 and L. 613-55-9, where the collège de résolution directly supervises the person subject to a resolution procedure pursuant to the provisions of paragraph…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: DETENTION BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY

Article L741-2

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions specific to the départements of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin.

Article L3134-13

The following public holidays are non-working days: 1° 1st January ; 2° Good Friday in communes with a Protestant temple or a mixed church; 3° Easter Monday ; 4° 1st May 5° 8th May ; 6° Ascension Day…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Beverages.

Article L3351-2

…a view to sale, offering for sale, selling or offering free of charge drinks prohibited by article L. 3322-3 (1° and 3°) is punishable by a fine of 9,000 euros. However, the retail sale or offer is o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Definitions.

Article L7121-2

The following in particular are considered to be performing artists:1° Lyric artists ;2° dramatic artists3° choreographic artists ;4° Variety artists5° Musician ;6° chansonnier ;7° Complementary artis…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Measures to prevent and manage banking crises

Article L613-45-1

…deliver financial instruments and the guarantee obligations, the provisions of I and II of Article L. 613-50-4 shall apply in the event of the implementation of a crisis prevention or management meas…

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