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Article L333-8 of the French Sports Code

The transfer of the right to exploit a sporting event or competition to an electronic public communication service does not prevent the partial or full broadcast of this event or competition by another electronic public communication service when the service transferring the right to exploit does not broadcast live significant extracts of the sporting event or competition. A decree in the Conseil d’Etat, issued after consultation with the Autorité de…

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Article L333-10 of the French Sports Code

I.-Where serious and repeated infringements of the audiovisual exploitation right provided for in Article L. 333-1 of this Code, of the neighbouring right of an audiovisual communication undertaking provided for in Article L. 216-1 of the Intellectual Property Code, insofar as the programme concerned consists of a sporting event or competition, or to a right acquired on an exclusive basis by contract or agreement for the audiovisual exploitation of a…

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Article L333-11 of the French Sports Code

The authorised and sworn agents of the Autorité de Régulation de la Communication Audiovisuelle et Numérique (Audiovisual and Digital Communications Regulatory Authority) may record acts likely to constitute infringements of the rights referred to in Article L. 333-10. Within this framework, these agents may, without being held criminally liable: 1° Participate, under a pseudonym, in electronic exchanges likely to relate to infringements of the rights referred to in the same…

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Article L334-1 of the French Sports Code

As a tribute to the victims of the national tragedy that occurred during the French Cup match played at the Armand-Cesari stadium in Furiani on 5 May 1992, no match or sporting event organised as part of or in conjunction with the French professional first and second division football championships, the French Football Cup or the Champions Trophy will be played on 5 May. At all matches or sporting events…

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Article L335-1 of the French Sports Code

I.-The national platform for combating the manipulation of sporting competitions is responsible for : 1° Serve as a centre for gathering, collating and sharing information and documents that are useful in the fight against the manipulation of sporting competitions by, where appropriate, forwarding them to the competent authorities and sporting organisations; 2° Promote cooperation with the national and international players involved in the prevention, detection and suppression of the manipulation…

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Article L335-2 of the French Sports Code

The members of the national platform for the fight against the manipulation of sporting competitions may communicate and exchange with the national and international players mentioned in 2° of I of article L. 335-1, in accordance with the terms and conditions laid down by a decree of the Conseil d’Etat issued after consultation with the Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés, information and documents that are useful in the…

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Article L335-3 of the French Sports Code

The members of the national platform for the fight against the manipulation of sports competitions may not commit, on a personal basis, directly or through an intermediary, bets on games or bets offered by online gaming or sports betting operators holding the authorisation provided for in ̀ article 21 of law no. 2010-476 of 12 May 2010 relating to the opening a ̀ la concurrence et a ̀ la régulation…

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