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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Declaration of events with classification, timekeeping or timetable fixed in advance

Article R331-10

…a ranking, timekeeping or timetable fixed in advance submits a declaration, accompanied, where applicable, by the reasoned opinion referred to in article R. 331-9, to :1° The mayor or, in Paris, the p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article L744-9

…in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Prosecution and jurisdiction

Article 693

…ff, destination or landing of the aircraft. These provisions are not exclusive of the possible application of the specific rules of jurisdiction provided by articles 628-1,697-3,704-1,705,706-17,706-7…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-18

The public prosecutor at a judicial court other than that of Paris may, for offences falling within the scope of Article 706-16, request the investigating judge to relinquish jurisdiction in favour of…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I : Cancellation and rectification of civil status records

Article 1048

…hose civil status is in question lives or, if he or she lives outside France, the judicial court of Paris or its president. The court of the place where the record was drawn up or transcribed may also…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I

Article A38-5-1

…38-3, the recovery of the increased fixed fines for misdemeanours provided for in Article 495-18 is carried out by the accountants of the Directorate General of Public Finances responsible for the rec…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commercial development commissions

Article R751-2

For each application for authorisation, a prefectoral order sets the composition of the departmental commission.The elected representatives mentioned in a to e of 1° of II, a and b of 1° of III and a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Rights of the holder of the pharmaceutical dossier

Article R1111-20-4

The holder of the pharmaceutical record may exercise the right of access to data concerning him or her provided for in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Coun…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Credits

Article L752-5

…visions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Credits

Article L753-5

…ollowing table shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from…

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