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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Community of movables and acquests.

Article 1498

Where the spouses agree that there shall be community of movables and acquests between them, the common assets shall include, in addition to the property which would form part of them under the regime…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of specialised inter-regional courts in economic and financial matters

Article 704-1

For the prosecution, investigation and, in the case of misdemeanours, trial of the offences provided for in Article 704 and related offences, the public prosecutor, the investigating judge and the spe…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Nature of the continuous assessment of knowledge leading to the brevet d'Etat d'éducateur sportif à trois degrés (three-degree state diploma for sports instructors) during training under the responsibility of the Minister for Sport

Article A212-135

The training adviser is appointed by the Regional Director of Youth, Sport and the Voluntary Sector after consultation with the persons mentioned in article A. 212-136. He or she must hold at least a…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 4: Organisation of public combat sports events

Article A331-33

Any declaration of the organisation of a public combat sports event organised in a discipline for which a federation has been delegated must state: 1° The date, time, title and venue set for the event…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition; approval or authorisation of the system manager

Article L424-1

A multilateral trading facility is a multilateral facility under which multiple third-party buying and selling interests in financial instruments are brought together under non-discretionary rules in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L533-30-14

Discretionary pension benefits as defined in Article 4(1) 73 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 shall be consistent with the economic strategy…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Token issuers

Article L552-6

If, after having granted its approval, the Autorité des marchés financiers finds that the offer proposed to the public no longer complies with the contents of the offer document or no longer offers th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Token issuers

Article L552-4

Prior to any public offer of tokens, issuers may apply for approval from the Autorité des marchés financiers. Issuers shall prepare a document providing all relevant information to the public on the p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Composition, election and term of office.

Article L2333-4

The total number of seats on the Group Works Council is divided between the elected representatives of the various electoral colleges in proportion to the numerical strength of each college. The seats…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Preventive examinations during and after pregnancy.

Article L2122-2

All pregnant women are provided with a free pregnancy record book at the time of the first prenatal examination. An interministerial decree determines the model and method of use of this booklet, whic…

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