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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Permanent and temporary sports stadiums

Article A312-4

…the application for approval must include the following documents: 1° The documents referred to in 4° to 7°, and, where applicable, 8°, 10° and 11°, designated in article A. 311-3, updated, original…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-15 b (art. A322-74)

…oratory air divesPerson supervising a group of divers on exploration divesGroup guide (GP) (*)Level 4 diver (P4) (*)BPJEPS divingTrainee BPJEPS diverTeaching or exploration air divingTeaching level 1…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41

…mply with coverage and risk-spreading ratios. To comply with solvency and liquidity standards, they may be authorised to use their internal risk assessment approaches. Credit institutions and finance…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration

Article A822-4

…test, in the form of a practical case, on accounting and auditing, lasting five hours (coefficient 4); 2° A written test, comprising the study of a case or practical situations that may be supplement…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Information

Article R4425-4

Where the results of the risk assessment reveal the existence of a risk to the health or safety of workers, the employer shall make the following information available to the workers concerned and to…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exceptional cinematographic performances

Article R211-48

…Minister for Culture includes : 1° The title of the work or document and the name of the director; 2° The duration of the work or document; 3° Where applicable, the duration of the interval and the d…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: The Public Prosecutor's Office at the Police Court

Article 45

…osecutor before the Police Court for 5th class offences not covered by the fixed fine procedure. He may also occupy it in any matter before the police court, if he deems it appropriate, instead of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: The Public Prosecutor's Office at the Police Court

Article 47

If there are several police commissioners at the place where the police court sits, the public prosecutor shall designate the one who shall perform the functions of the public prosecutor.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: The Public Prosecutor's Office at the Police Court

Article 46

If the police commissioner is unable to act, the public prosecutor shall appoint, for a full year, one or more replacements from among the commissioners, commanders or captains of police residing with…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: The Public Prosecutor's Office at the Police Court

Article 48

If there is no police commissioner at the place where the police court sits, the public prosecutor shall designate, to exercise the functions of the public prosecutor, a police commissioner or a polic…

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