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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Operating rights

Article L333-1-1

The right of exploitation defined in the first paragraph of article L. 333-1 includes the right to agree to the organisation of bets on sporting events or competitions.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: The Commission nationale d'inscription et de discipline des administrateurs judiciaires et des mandataires judiciaires and representation of the profession in dealings with public authorities.

Article L814-1-1

…tee, both in terms of registration or withdrawal and in terms of discipline, are brought before the Paris Court of Appeal. These appeals have suspensive effect.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Death certificates.

Article 89

The application is presented to the judicial court of the place of death or disappearance, if this occurred in a territory under the authority of France, otherwise to the court of the domicile or last…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 7: Automatic processing of personal data relating to requests for validation of reception certificates

Article R142-45

…ns mentioned in article R. 142-43 :1° The mayor of the commune of the place of accommodation or, in Paris, Lyon and Marseille, the arrondissement mayor, as well as individually authorised town hall st…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Courts for the enforcement of sentences

Article D49-81

In the exercise of the powers provided for in article 706-22-1 the Paris Sentence Enforcement Judge may appoint the penitentiary integration and probation service with territorial jurisdiction over th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Solidarity fund for municipalities in the Ile-de-France region

Article R2531-28

Applications must be submitted to the prefecture of the Ile-de-France region, prefecture of Paris by a date set by prefectoral order. This order also sets the deadline for sending or, where applicable…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: ACCOMMODATION FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS

Article L552-6

…this end, it designs, implements and manages, under the conditions provided for by Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Voluntary termination of pregnancy.

Article L2445-1

…for in this chapter, the following provisions of Title I of Book II of this Part shall apply in New Caledonia and French Polynesia:1° Chapter I ;2° The first paragraph of articles L. 2212-2 and L. 221…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Public health and environmental whistleblowing

Article L4133-2

…e met, to the reporting or public disclosure mechanism provided for in Chapter II of Title I of Law 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 on transparency, the fight against corruption and the modernisation of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Cheque payment incidents

Article R734-7

…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 table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from th…

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