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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Federal performance projects

Article R221-18

Validation of federal performance projects is subject to the presentation, by the relevant delegating federation, of an application setting out the two programmes mentioned in 3° of article L. 131-15:…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter V: The adversarial procedure prior to decision-making

Article 67 A

…et out in this Code, any finding likely to lead to taxation gives rise to a prior exchange of views between the taxpayer and the administration. With regard to duties and taxes whose chargeable event…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Right of settlement.

Article 350

…infringement of the laws and regulations relating to financial relations with foreign countries, subject to the application of the following provisions: a) when no legal action has been taken, transa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Sexual harassment.

Article L1153-1

No employee may be subjected to acts of :1° Sexual harassment, consisting of repeated comments or behaviour with a sexual or sexist connotation which either violate their dignity by being degrading or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Combating the presence of asbestos

Article L1334-17

The conditions for the application of this section are determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, and in particular: 1° The buildings and products and materials concerned; 2° The procedures for carry…

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French Civil Aviation CodeIn force
CHAPTER VI: PENSIONS.

Article L426-5

The contribution payable by civil aviation flight crews to the pension fund set up in application of article L. 426-1 is deducted from the remuneration received each time they are paid. The persons co…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1 : Application for a cinema licence

Article R211-3

The application for a cinematographic licence is submitted by the producer of the work or document, or by an authorised representative, at least one month before the date scheduled for the first publi…

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

Article D331-24

…f the following conditions are met for the video game in question: a) The authors and creative collaborators are either French nationals or nationals of a Member State of the European Union or another…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
12° : Tax reduction for certain overseas investments

Article 199 undecies E

The presidents of the overseas regional councils, the territorial assembly of Wallis and Futuna, the departmental council of Mayotte, the territorial councils of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, Saint-Barthé…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVI: Prosecution, investigation and trial of drug trafficking offences

Article 706-30-1

Where the provisions of the fourth paragraph of article 99-2 is applied to narcotic substances seized in the course of the proceedings, the investigating judge must retain a sample of these products i…

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