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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-14-1

Independently of the application of the provisions of Articles L. 232-13-1 and L. 232-14, the testing operations mentioned in Article L. 232-12 as well as those falling within the competence of the in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: La Monnaie de Paris

Article L121-4

The public establishment La Monnaie de Paris is governed by the provisions of law no. 83-675 of 26 July 1983 relating to the democratisation of the public sector, which apply to the establishments men…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Governance

Article L224-36

The Supervisory Committee may at any time ask the statutory auditors and the directors of the insurance undertaking for any information on the financial situation and actuarial balance of the auxiliar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-6

Clinical investigations in the field of dentistry may only be carried out under the direction and supervision of a dental surgeon or a doctor with appropriate experience. Clinical investigations in th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Cooperation and exchange of information

Article L311-57

Notwithstanding the provisions of Law no. 68-678 of 26 July 1968 relating to the communication of economic, commercial, industrial, financial or technical documents and information to foreign natural…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Compensation for victims of acts of terrorism and other offences.

Article L422-1-1

The guarantee fund referred to in article L. 422-1 may request any administration or service of the State or public authorities, any social security organisation, any organisation managing social bene…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Implementing measures

Article L412-5

Without prejudice to the specific provisions relating to the indication of the origin of foodstuffs, the indication of origin is made compulsory for milk, as well as for milk used as an ingredient in…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Decisions that may be taken at any stage of the procedure

Article L721-5

The provisions of Chapter IV of Title I of Book VI are applicable to the challenge and judgment of the decision determining the country of return which is intended to enforce a decision imposing an ob…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article 731-1

The person subject to conditional release may be subject to the obligations set out for socio-judicial supervision if he or she has been convicted of a crime or offence for which this measure is incur…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Reporting and information requirements

Article L561-18

The declaration referred to in Article L. 561-15 is confidential. Subject to the provisions ofArticle 19 of the aforementionedAct 78-17 of 6 January 1978, it is prohibited, on pain of the penalties pr…

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