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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Safety requirements for football, handball, field and indoor hockey goal cages and basketball goals

Article R322-20

…ainst payment, hire out or make available to the public the equipment referred to in article R. 322-19 which does not meet the safety requirements laid down in this section.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Relations between the High Council and its foreign counterparts

Article R821-22

…h Council or the General Rapporteur exercise the powers provided for in Articles R. 821-16 à R. 821-19 and those resulting from the agreements provided for in article R. 821-20 are specified by the Hi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Savings account holders

Article R6341-20

The holder of a savings passbook is exempt from the reimbursement provided for in article R. 6341-19 when the institution holding the savings passbook has refused to issue the loan provided for in the…

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French Customs CodeIn force
C. - Disposal of goods confiscated or abandoned by transaction.

Article 390

…Community of personal consignments of products of animal origin and amending Regulation (EC) No 136/2004 are destroyed either pursuant to Article 389a of this Code or after they have been abandoned or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II

Article L3232-8

…of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commissi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Investment recommendations produced or disseminated as part of a journalistic activity

Article L621-32

…le L. 621-31 is formed by the persons listed in the same 1°, in accordance with the law of 1st July 1901 relating to the contract of association. Only persons in the categories listed in the same 1° m…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Suspicious transaction reports

Article L621-17-7

…3/6/ EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Directives 2003/124/ EC, 2003/125/ EC and 2004/72/ EC, no proceedings based onArticle 226-13 of the Criminal Code may be brought against the d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Etablissements publics de coopération intercommunale dotés d'une fiscalité propre.

Article L5211-28-1

From 2004, public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status receive a compensation grant equal to the amounts due in respect of 2003 pursuant to I of D of article 44 of t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article L613-23-1

…e patent is not patentable under the terms of Articles L. 611-10, L. 611-11 and L. 611-13 to L. 611-19; 2° The patent does not set out the invention clearly and completely enough for a person skilled…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Prisoners under the age of twenty-one

Article D521

In accordance with the dispositions de l'article D. 216-19 du code pénitentiaire, les personnes détenues prévenus majeurs âgés de moins de vingt et un ans participent à des activités d'enseignement, d…

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