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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to certain transfers of powers (R)

Article R1614-64

The appropriations entered in the State budget as part of the general decentralisation grant and intended to compensate for the expenditure of municipal hygiene offices which, on 1 January 1984, the d…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of financial penalties imposed by foreign authorities

Article D48-25

Where the acts were not committed on the territory of the issuing State and fall within the jurisdiction of the French courts, the public prosecutor may decide to reduce the amount of the financial pe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Access to documents and information

Article D3171-14

The right of access to personal information provided for in article 39 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties applies to documents recording e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of doctors.

Article R4127-21

Doctors are prohibited from distributing for profit any remedies, devices or products presented as having a health benefit, unless they have been granted dispensation under the conditions laid down by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Information system concerning jobseekers and employees

Article R5312-46

The right to object provided for in article 38 of amended law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms does not apply to the processing referred to in article…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia

Article A424-1

I. - The Commission of the National Centre for the Development of Sport in French Polynesia comprises on an equal basis: 1° In addition to the High Commissioner of the Republic in French Polynesia, te…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition; manager approval or authorisation

Article L425-1

An organised trading facility is a multilateral system that brings together, at the manager's discretion, multiple buying and selling interests expressed by third parties in order to conclude transact…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 9: Information on beneficial owners

Article L561-45-1

The following are required to obtain and keep accurate and up-to-date information on their beneficial owners as defined in Article L. 561-2-2 : 1° Where they are established on French territory in acc…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Ordinary powers of investigation

Article L512-20

The authorised agents and the officers and agents of the judicial police may spontaneously communicate to each other the information and documents held or collected in the performance of their respect…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article R561-3-0

Where the customer is acting in the context of a trust within the meaning ofArticle 2011 of the Civil Code or any other comparable legal arrangement governed by foreign law, a beneficial owner within…

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