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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-14

…n which the decision of guilt or the decision that the person is not criminally responsible becomes final, or if this date is not known to the department managing the file, from the date of the decisi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
APPENDIX TO BOOK II

Article

…endix III of the General Tax Code. II - Production approval : 1° If applicable, a video copy of the final version of the film or a link to it; 2° A certification of the final cost of the film drawn up…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Combating mirror sites

Article L331-27

I.-When a final court decision has ordered any measure to prevent access to an online public communication service pursuant to Article L. 336-2, the Autorité de Régulation de la Communication Audiovis…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-3-2

…ded for in the fourth paragraph of article L. 232-22 or in IV of article L. 232-23-3-10 have become final, the suspension provided for in this paragraph may only be applied after the World Anti-Doping…

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

Article L312-4-1

…arty;3° Deposits having the character of own funds;4° Deposits relating to transactions for which a final criminal conviction for money laundering within the meaning of Articles 324-1 et seq. of the C…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of confiscation orders issued by the courts of another Member State of the European Union

Article 713-20

…r is based on offences for which the person against whom the order has been issued has already been finally judged by the French judicial authorities or by those of a State other than the issuing Stat…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to compensation for damage to property.

Article R421-20

…itted to the guarantee fund within one year of either the date of the settlement or the date of the final court decision. In addition, the victims or their rightful claimants must, within five years o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Injunctions, emergency measures and other measures

Article L621-14

…dings, the penalty, if imposed, is only paid once the decision on the public prosecution has become final.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Role of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé.

Article R5121-157

…o prohibit the use of the medicinal product or product in order to protect public health, pending a final decision under the European Union arbitration procedure, he shall inform the European Commissi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-4

…the file the manner in which he has dealt with this contradiction or inconsistency in reaching his final conclusion. . 06. The statutory auditor shall formalise the documentation on paper, electronic…

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