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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Civil servants and public service employees

Article 28-1

…or in 5° of the Article 313-2 of the Criminal Code; 4° The offences provided for by the articles L. 2339-1 to L. 2339-11, L. 2344-7 et L. 2353-13 of the Defence Code; 5° Offences under the articles 32…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Points scale for documentary works

Article 211-11

…company that meets the conditions set out in article 211-3; 2° "Authors" sub-group: a) A maximum of 23 points are allocated to the "Authors" sub-group, divided between the following positions:-directo…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-4-1 (art. A212-76)

…l perspective OI 122 EC Mobilise internal resources in the preparation of a development project OI 123 EC Lead a project engineering process OI 124 CE Formalise a development project OI 125 EC Prepare…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE TREATMENT OF OVER-INDebtedness

Article L714-1

…aw No. 89-462 of 6 July 1989 aimed at improving rental relations and amending the loi n° 86-1290 du 23 décembre 1986, the commission imposes new deadlines and payment terms for this debt, of which the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative police powers of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article L5145-5

…dicinal product intended for a limited market, to comply with the requirements laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018;2° The obligation, for the applicant for a marketin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for early access authorisation

Article R5121-68

…21-21 and R. 5121-25 or, failing these, the brochure for the investigator mentioned in article R. 1123-20 and the technical dossier mentioned in 3° of article R. 1123-30; 3° The reasons for the applic…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 158

…f income referred to in 2° distributed by the company whose shares he rents pursuant to Articles L. 239-1 to L. 239-5 of the French Commercial Code is deemed to be a shareholder or partner. Similarly,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1. Transferable securities, company rights and similar securities

Article 150-0 D

…r securities have been transferred to the trust assets under the conditions provided for in Article 238 quater N, from the date of acquisition or subscription of the shares, units, rights or securitie…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-2

The judicial police officers and, on their orders and under their responsibility, the judicial police officers and deputy judicial police officers mentioned in articles 20 and 21-1° may ask any person…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Levy on casino gaming revenue.

Article D422-7

The rules governing direct levies on casino gaming revenue are set out in Articles D. 2333-74 and D. 2333-76 to R. 2333-82-1 of the French General Local Authorities Code, which are reproduced below: "…

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