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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Budgetary and accounting system

Article R232-37

The accounting officer is required to exercise : 1° In respect of revenue, control of the authorisation to collect revenue and the collection of debts and the regularity of reductions and cancellation…

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

Article L214-79

…anagement company is required to file the declarations stipulated in article L. 233-7 of the French Commercial Code, for all shares held by the undertakings for collective investment in real estate it…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L217-31

A recourse action may be brought by the seller against any person upstream in the chain of commercial transactions, including the producer, in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Code.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Entering sums in the automatic cinema production account

Article 211-38

The sums calculated for the commercial representation of programmes made up of cinematographic works fixed on 70 mm film that meet the conditions set out in the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 10: Revolving credit

Article L312-58

Any revolving credit within the meaning of article L. 312-57 is referred to in any commercial or advertising document as "revolving credit", to the exclusion of all others.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations.

Article R231-1

…provisions of article R. 213-13 are defined inarticle 242 of decree no. 67-236 of 23 March 1967 on commercial companies.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of doctors.

Article R4127-25

Doctors are prohibited from providing consultations, prescriptions or medical advice on commercial premises or in any other place where medicines, products or appliances that they prescribe or use are…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Evidentiary value of regular reports and remedies available to defendants against this legal authority.

Article 337

1. Customs reports drawn up by a single officer are authentic until proven otherwise. 2. In the case of offences recorded in a report following a paper audit, proof to the contrary may only be provide…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Consultative Ethics Committee for Health and Life Sciences

Article R1412-12

The Chairman of the National Consultative Ethics Committee for Health and Life Sciences is the chief authorising officer for credits entered in the Prime Minister's budget for the Committee. He may de…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Administrative penalties

Article R7122-29

On their report, the Regional Director of Enterprises, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment shall inform the Prefect of the Region of any breaches of the provisions of this section observed…

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