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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Sporting events on public roads or roads open to public traffic not involving land motor vehicles

Article A331-3

…event with classification or timekeeping must also include the following information: 1° The event regulations, as they result from the technical and safety rules mentioned in article R. 331-7 ; 2° W…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article R228-12

The sale provided for in Article L. 228-6-1 of the equity securities that could not be allocated individually and corresponding to the rights forming fractional shares, as well as the distribution of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers

Article L511-7

Officers are empowered to investigate and record infringements or breaches of the provisions: 1° Regulation (EU) 2021/782 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2021 on rail passeng…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 AH

…The first paragraph applies to small and medium-sized enterprises, within the meaning of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Principles

Article R212-1

…ty or in a set of activities of the same nature relating to a specific public, if it attests in its regulations that its holder :1° Is capable of mobilising the technical and pedagogical knowledge spe…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Title XVI: Controls on cash transported by bearer or forming part of a consignment without the intervention of a bearer to or from abroad.

Article 465

…Failure to comply with the reporting obligations set out in Articles L. 152-1 to L. 152-1-2 and in Regulation (EU) No 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on con…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-45

…shares, such redemption may be temporarily suspended under the conditions laid down in the General Regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers if it exceeds a percentage of the number of units…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Special rules relating to real estate investment funds

Article L214-77

…quire and if the interests of all unitholders so dictate, under conditions laid down in the general regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers. The general regulations of the Autorité des marc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Deposit guarantee mechanism and resolution funding mechanism

Article L312-6-1

Where the European Commission takes a decision pursuant to Article 19(3) of Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2014 on the compatibility of recourse t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Allocation of financial aid

Article D311-1

…the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée in a consolidated document known as the "general regulations for financial aid from the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée". These delibe…

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