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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions.

Article L7124-31

Failure to comply with the provisions of article L. 7124-17 is punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of 75,000 euros : 1° For the father, mother, guardian or employer, and generally any pe…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions applicable to tourist offices set up as a public industrial and commercial establishment.

Article R133-10

The Committee deliberates on all matters relating to the operation and activities of the Tourist Office, and in particular on : 1° The Office's revenue and expenditure budget; 2° The financial account…

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French Civil Aviation CodeIn force
TITLE II: AID FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

Article L520-1

A subsidy, the amount of which is set each year by the Finance Act, is allocated to young people under the age of twenty-one who fly motorised aircraft in flying clubs. This subsidy takes the form of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General rules

Article R215

…ceedings brought before the civil court or the court of appeal shall be paid in accordance with the tariff fixed by this title: 1° For contravention of the laws on the keeping of civil status register…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Legal enjoyment

Article 386-2

The right of enjoyment ceases:1° As soon as the child has completed sixteen years of age or even earlier when he contracts marriage;2° By causes which terminate parental authority or by those which te…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Intercountry adoption, conflicts of law and the effect in France of adoptions granted abroad

Article 370-5

An adoption duly granted abroad produces in France the effects of a full adoption if it completely and irrevocably breaks the pre-existing parent-child relationship. Otherwise, it produces the effects…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Administrative police measures

Article L612-36

The decisions of the college of supervisors relating to a supervised person taken pursuant to this section may be communicated to the undertaking which controls it within the meaning of I of Article L…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Samples taken from a living person.

Article R1211-7

The provisions of articles R. 1211-2 to R. 1211-6 apply to the person accompanying a donor whose condition requires the assistance of a third party, to the holders of parental authority or the legal r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article R2111-1

I.-The professional in a childcare facility for young children referred to in article L. 2111-3-1, who may administer medical care or treatment to a child in his care, at the request of the holder(s)…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Technical and safety guarantees

Article A322-21

All floors that are accessible barefoot and those of pool floors less than 1.50 metres deep are non-slip but not abrasive. To avoid water stagnation, the slopes of the decking should be between 3% and…

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