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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for exercising the right to vote and stand for election and rules applicable to the conduct of elections to the Board of Directors

Article A114-1

…or six representatives of the staff, sportsmen and women and trainees mentioned in 4° of article R. 114-4, five colleges are constituted: 1° College of teaching staff ; 2° College of administrative, m…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 8: Caretakers of industrial and commercial establishments.

Article L3132-11

Caretakers and caretakers of industrial and commercial establishments who cannot be given a weekly rest period are entitled to compensatory rest. This derogation does not apply to young workers under…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3141-15

A company or establishment agreement or, failing that, a branch agreement or convention sets : 1° The period during which leave may be taken ; 2° The order of departures during this period; 3° The dea…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Industrial establishments

Article 1499 A

…assets acquired as a result of contributions, demergers or mergers of companies carried out before 1976 may not be less than two-thirds of that used to establish the property tax for 1973, increased…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Professional premises

Article 1498 bis

…entioned in the same articles the information relating to each of the premises mentioned in article 1498 of which they are tenants on 1st January of the year in which the declaration is filed. The lis…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
F: Tax for the management of aquatic environments and flood prevention

Article 1530 bis

I. - Communes that exercise, pursuant to I bis of article L. 211-7 of the Environment Code, the competence of aquatic environment management and flood prevention may, by a deliberation taken under the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 2: Application for a declaration that the appeal has suspensive effect

Article R342-12

When the public prosecutor intends to ask the first president of the court of appeal to declare the appeal suspensive, he must lodge an appeal within ten hours of the order being handed down. It shall…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 2: Application for a declaration that the appeal has suspensive effect

Article R342-13

…opportunity to submit his observations, in accordance with the procedures defined in article R. 342-10.The decision of the first president or his delegate on the suspensive nature of the appeal is bro…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Ad hoc administrators appointed to represent minors held in waiting zones

Article R343-11

Where, within the jurisdiction of the court of appeal, it is not possible to appoint one of the persons appearing on the list provided for in article R. 343-2 or where this list has not yet been drawn…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Ad hoc administrators appointed to represent minors held in waiting zones

Article R343-10

The striking off of an ad hoc administrator may be pronounced each year by the general assembly of the court of appeal, either at the request of the person concerned, or on the initiative of the first…

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