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

Article L232-18-8

When it does not constitute the violation mentioned in 4° of article L. 232-10, the fact that any person, within the framework of the investigations mentioned in 3° of I of article L. 232-5 and in art…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-19

Participating in the maintenance or reconstitution, whether open or disguised, of an association or grouping dissolved in application of article L. 332-18, as well as participating in activities that…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Canvassing in banking or financial matters

Article L353-2

The penalties set out in Article 313-1 of the Criminal Code shall apply: 1° The act, for any person, of engaging in the activity of banking or financial canvassing defined in article L. 341-1 without…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Indirect taxes

Article 1825 A

Independent of the penalties incurred, the bouilleur de cru who has removed or allowed to be removed from his premises spirits without a movement permit or with an inapplicable movement permit becomes…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L2334-3

For the application of articles L. 2334-5, L. 2334-7, L. 2334-14-1 and L. 2334-20 to L. 2334-23, the communes are classified by demographic groups determined according to the size of their population.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regional health agency.

Article L6431-6

The Board of Directors defines the Agency's general policy and deliberates on : 1° The public health programme provided for in article L. 6431-4 ; 2° The medical project ; 3° The master plan as well a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Criminal provisions

Article L775-40

I.-Subject to the provisions of II, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand colum…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rules governing the use of currency.

Article D112-3

I. - The amount specified in I of article L. 112-6 is set : 1° Where the debtor is domiciled for tax purposes within the territory of the French Republic or is acting for the purposes of a professiona…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-35

The mayor shall ensure that the persons responsible for the bathing water, other than the local authority or group of local authorities, comply with their obligations under the provisions of this sect…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Other narcotic substances and preparations

Article R5132-83

Persons holding the authorisation provided for in article R. 5132-74 are required to draw up an annual statement indicating for each narcotic drug: 1° The quantities received ; 2° The quantities used…

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