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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-10

No person may exercise, directly or indirectly, in law or in fact, on a voluntary or remunerated basis, sports management or training functions either in an association or company employing sportsmen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Management

Article L214-101

The management company may, on behalf of the non-trading property investment company (société civile de placement immobilier) or forestry savings company (société d'épargne forestière) that it manages…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Arrangements between spouses, either by marriage contract or during marriage.

Article 1094-1

…the event that the spouse leaves children or descendants, whether or not of the marriage, he or she may dispose in favour of the other spouse either of the ownership of what he or she could dispose of…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 6 : Exceptional aid to compensate for the loss of turnover due to the ban on the sale and consumption of food and drink in cinemas

Article 919-100

…he granting of the exceptional aid is subject to the provisions of national framework scheme no. SA.100959 authorised by the European Commission by decisions of 20 December 2021 C(2021)9880, 16 March…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: CHECKING RIGHTS OF MOVEMENT AND RESIDENCE

Article L813-10

…n enabling an assessment to be made of his/her right to move or reside, the verification operations may give rise, after informing the public prosecutor, to the taking of fingerprints or photographs i…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Facilitating unauthorised entry, movement and residence

Article L823-10

…is assessed in the light of the legislation of the State party concerned. Furthermore, proceedings may only be brought against the offender on the basis of an official report or a certificate from th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Appeals

Article R743-10

The order of the liberty and detention judge may be appealed to the first president of the court of appeal, within twenty-four hours of its pronouncement, by the foreign national, the departmental pre…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title VII: Provisions specific to the Cour de cassation.

Article 1015-1

The chamber to which an appeal is referred may seek the opinion of another chamber to which an appeal is referred on a point of law which falls within the jurisdiction of that chamber.The Advocate Gen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of hospitals and universities.

Article L6142-10

…is establishment or body refuses to enter into an agreement in application of article L. 6142-5, it may be given formal notice to do so by joint decision of the ministers responsible for higher educat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Principles of justification, optimisation and limitation

Article R1333-10

…2° of Article L. 1333-2, the person responsible for the nuclear activity or the competent authority may set dose constraints for the exposure of the general public to ionising radiation expressed in t…

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