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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Effects of full adoption

Article 357

…ned in alphabetical order.Where article 311-21, the second paragraph of article 311-23, article 342-12 or this article has been applied in respect of a common child, the name previously devolved or ch…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-22

…in respect of offences punishable by the articles 224-1 A to 224-1 C, 225-4-1 à 225-4-9,225-5 à 225-12-2,225-14-1 and 225-14-2 of the Criminal Code, where the public prosecution has been initiated by…

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

Article L232-14-1

…rovisions 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 international sports organisations that are…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter V: National platform to combat the manipulation of sporting events

Article L335-1

…f the task of monitoring gambling operations conferred upon it by Article 34 of Law No. 2010-476 of 12 May 2010 relating to the opening up to competition and the regulation of the online gambling sect…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Liability of establishments with regard to the property of residents

Article L1113-7

Subject to the provisions of article L. 6145-12, unclaimed items are handed over, one year after the departure or death of their holder, to the Caisse des dépôts et consignations in the case of sums o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Value added tax

Article 293 D

…sactions that are not ancillary transactions and the transactions referred to in I and in 1° to 7°, 12° and 14° of II of article 262 and article 263.II. - The turnover referred to in III of article 29…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: APPEALS TO THE NATIONAL COURT ON ASYLUM RIGHTS

Article L532-13

…under conditions that respect the rights of the person concerned as provided for in Article L. 532-12. A copy of the entire file is made available to the applicant. If the applicant is assisted by co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article 731-1

…f the Public Health Code if it is established, after the expert assessment provided for in Article 712-21 of this Code, that he or she is likely to undergo treatment. A person sentenced to at least fi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Investigations

Article R232-86

…the analyses referred to in article L. 232-18, the biological profile referred to in article L. 232-12-1 and any other information or intelligence enabling it to determine whether an anti-doping viola…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Operating conditions

Article L424-3

Without prejudice to Titles III, IV or V of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories,…

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