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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: External action by local and regional authorities

Article L1115-4-1

…t are of interest to each of the participating public entities and to create and manage public services and related facilities. It is granted legal personality under public law from the date of entry…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: LOCAL FINANCE COMMITTEE

Article L1211-4-1

Meeting in a restricted formation, the Local Finance Committee is consulted on the methods of evaluation and on the amount of compensation for transfers of powers between the State and the territorial…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of full adoption

Article 370-1-4

…s original filiation with regard to that person and his or her family intact. For the rest, it produces the effects of an adoption by a couple.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 41-1-3

…t been initiated, the public prosecutor may propose to a legal person charged with one or more offences under the

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 145-4-2

…more persons that he/she designates, in view of the requirements of the investigation, the maintenance of good order and security or the prevention of offences. For the same reasons, he may decide to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Simplified procedure

Article 495-3-1

When the civil interests are decided, the civil party is notified of the criminal order in one of the ways provided for in the second paragraph of article 495-3. The civil party is informed that it ha…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-10-4

…organisation information relating to an alleged anti-doping rule violation or an alleged noncompliance with the World Anti-Doping Code; b) retaliate against a person who has communicated in good faith…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Provisions relating to sports betting bans

Article R131-45-1

The file sent by the sports federation's authorised agent to the Autorité nationale des jeux or to the company La Française des jeux, as well as the results of the computer matching operations, are ke…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Mobilisation of mortgage and similar claims

Article L313-49-1

…the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the conditions under which this sub-section shall apply to finance companies.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4a: Trade union audience measurement for companies with fewer than eleven employees

Article L2122-10-4

…a supplementary pension institution entered on companies' social security declarations, in accordance with the conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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