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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Preliminary investigation

Article 75-3

The duration of a preliminary investigation may not exceed two years from the first act of the investigation, including if this act occurred as part of a flagrante delicto investigation. The prelimina…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-11

Persons guilty of one of the offences defined in article L. 332-3, the first sentence of article L. 332-4 and articles L. 332-5-1, L. 332-8, L. 332-10-1 and L. 332-19 of this Code are also liable to t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health protection and the environment.

Article L1523-6

Chapter III of Title III of Book III is applicable in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands subject to the following adaptations: 1° In articles L. 1333-8 and L. 1333-30, the reference to Cha…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1 The Training and Employment Committee

Article A142-6

The Training and Employment Commission of the Higher Mountain Sports Council is made up of the following people: 1° The Head of Training for Sports Professions at the Ministry of Sports, Chairman; 2°…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Events subject to authorisation

Article A331-20

All applications for authorisation of an event submitted by the organiser must include: 1° The name, postal and electronic addresses and contact details of the organiser and of the person appointed as…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health and the environment

Article L1533-1

The provisions of Title III of Book III of this Part are applicable in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories subject to the following adaptations: 1° In Articles L. 1333-8 and L. 1333-30, the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions relating to the control of groups

Article R356-2

I.-The coordination agreements mentioned in III of Article L. 356-7-1 specify the procedures applied by the supervisory authorities concerned: 1° For decisions relating to applications for approval of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter Ic: Professional accountants

Article 1649 quater L

For the application of the provisions of 1° of 7 of Article 158, certified public accountants must have an authorisation issued by the Government Commissioner to the regional council of the order of c…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 6: Mergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets between associations

Article 30-17

The draft merger, demerger or partial contribution of assets is drawn up by the management of each association participating in the operation at least two months before the date of the deliberations p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Collection of data and information

Article R444-21

The information and data provided for in articles R. 444-18 to R. 444-20 are collected from the professionals mentioned in article L. 444-1 by the national professional bodies listed in Article R. 444…

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