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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: French Anti-Doping Agency

Article L232-5

…etes, in particular those at national and international level and those mentioned in Article L. 232-15, and the members of the support staff of these athletes; it is, within the framework of this prog…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A132-11

…tion sub-account mentioned in Article L. 142-4 and appearing, in Article 423-28 of Regulation No. 2015-11 of 26 November 2015 of the French Accounting Standards Authority relating to the accounting fr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L561-36-2

…cluding those of the European regulations on restrictive measures taken pursuant to Articles 75 or 215 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, as well as those taken pursuant to the sa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : State financial aid

Article L3334-16-2

…between three envelopes in accordance with the following table: YEAR 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 and subsequent years Envelope allocated under the active solidarity income 35% 35% 35% 35% 35%…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-33

…s paragraphes 1 et 2 de l'article 13, du paragraphe 1 de l'article 14, du paragraphe 1 de l'article 15, du paragraphe 1 de l'article 17, des paragraphes 1 à 4 de l'article 18, de l'article 19, des par…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Sociétés de crédit foncier

Article R513-6

…e deemed to be sufficiently secure and liquid. Exposures to these credit institutions do not exceed 15% of the nominal outstanding amount of the issuing institution of obligations foncières and other…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Entry on the roll of the order

Article D4311-52-2

I.-The nominative lists referred to in Article L. 4311-15 include nurses who hold a training qualification or authorisation to practise required to practise the profession, and who are employed by pub…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1612-9

…paragraph of article L. 1612-2 for the adoption of the primary budget are postponed to 1st June and 15th June respectively. In this case, the deadline for the transmission of the accounting officer's…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Provisions specific to certain local public services

Article L1852-4

…the High Commissioner within three years of the date of publication of l'ordonnance n° 2006-173 du 15 février 2006 portant actualisation et adaptation du droit applicable en matière de sécurité civil…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Interrogations and confrontations

Article 116-1

…of a recording made pursuant to this article is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros.At the end of a period of five years from the date on which the public prosecution was…

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