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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of confiscation orders issued by the courts of another Member State of the European Union

Article 713-19

…ders refusing to enforce a confiscation order on the basis of one of the grounds referred to in 1°, 3° and 7° of article 713-20 or article 713-22, it shall, before taking a decision, notify the compet…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Taking sides

Article D1442-23

Articles L. 141-2 and L. 141-3 of the Code de l'organisation judiciaire and articles L. 366-1 to L. 366-9 of the Code de procédure civile are applicable to industrial tribunals and their individual me…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Multilateral trading facilities

Article L764-5

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same tabl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Consent of third-party donors not subject to the provisions of this chapter at the time of donation

Article R2143-8

Third-party donors who inform the Commission of their refusal to consent to the disclosure of their identity data and the non-identifying data referred to in Article L. 2143-3 or who do not respond to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions

Article R4362-6

…sentative, as Chairman ;2° The Director General of the Regional Health Agency or his representative;3° The academic regional rector or his representative;4° A doctor ;5° Two opticians.An order of the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L241-5

I.-The provisions of article L. 232-30 are applicable to the offences provided for in this Title. II.-1° Infringements of the provisions of article L. 241-2 and I of article L. 241-3 are punishable by…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-4

For the operations referred to in 2° and 3° of Article L. 310-1, the State in which the risk is situated is considered to be :1° The State in which the property is located, when the insurance relates…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Fees charged by bailiffs

Article A444-10

The services listed in tables 3-1 to 3-3 of article Annexe 4-7 give rise to the collection of fees set in accordance with the respective provisions of sub-sections 1 to 4 of this section.These emolume…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: In-company vocational re-education agreement

Article R5213-15

I.-The agreement referred to in I of article L. 5213-3-1 defines the total amount of remuneration received by the employee in respect of the salary paid on behalf of the employer and the daily allowan…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article D621-29-1

I. - For foreign issuers, the market on which the highest volume of securities is traded is determined on the basis of an annual average of the number of securities traded on 31 December of the previo…

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