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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 15-3-2

…rovided for in Article 138-3 of this Code, the article 132-45-1 of the Criminal Code or article 515-11-1 of the Civil Code, which may be ordered by the competent court.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-16-1

…vious paragraph, the additional penalty of a one-year stadium ban as provided for in article L. 332-11 must be imposed, unless a specially reasoned decision is taken to the contrary.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue and withdrawal of authorisation

Article R131-5-1

…ontract mentioned in article L. 131-8 and the additional commitments provided for in article R. 131-11 have been complied with, as well as the quality of the federation's participation in the implemen…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions relating to the creation process

Article D331-22

…itions for creation mentioned in the previous paragraph if they have cumulatively obtained at least 11 points for the "Authors and creative collaborators" group, at least 12 points for the "Contributi…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: Protection of certain persons

Article R161-1

…n° 75-1339 du 31 décembre 1975 relatif aux modalités d'application de la loi n° 75-618 du 11 juillet 1975 relative au recouvrement public des pensions alimentaires.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article L225-144

…ix months of the opening of subscriptions, the provisions of the second paragraph of Article L. 225-11.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VI: Special provisions applicable to nationalisation operations

Article 248 A

…om the compensation provided for in articles 4,15,16 and 32 of the Nationalisation Act n° 82-155 of 11 February 1982 is not taken into account in determining taxable income for the financial year in p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Decision on recognition and enforcement and enforcement and appeals.

Article 728-43

…efusal provided for in Articles 728-32 and 728-33. In the event that, pursuant to 3° of article 728-11, the consent of the competent authority of the executing State is required, the public prosecutor…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions authorising the organisers of sporting events and competitions to process personal data for the purposes of Article L. 333-1-4

Article R333-8

…to La Française des Jeux the requests for reconciliation referred to in I and II of Article R. 333-11; 3° Receive in response the information mentioned in Article R. 333-12. A copy of the authorisati…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Intermediary parent companies

Article L517-4-2

…a credit institution or where, in accordance with the second to fourth paragraphs of Article L. 517-11, the second intermediate parent undertaking is established in connection with investment activiti…

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