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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Budgetary and accounting system

Article R232-28

The budgetary and accounting year begins on 1 January and ends on 31 December. The College shall adopt the Agency's provisional budget each year before the beginning of the financial year. The budget…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 10: General provisions

Article A212-166

The candidate referred to in article A. 212-165 wishing to obtain a certificate of qualification and aptitude must compile a file comprising : 1° An application on plain paper; 2° An individual civil…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Rules of good conduct

Article L341-11

Before making an offer relating to financial instruments, digital assets, a service on digital assets, an investment service or a related service, direct marketers shall enquire about the financial si…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-12-7

…nications to clients who are likely to be non-professional, in particular potential clients, relating to the provision of investment services concerning financial contracts that are not admitted to tr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-20

Investment services providers other than portfolio management companies authorised to provide the services mentioned in 1, 2 or 3 of Article L. 321-1 may initiate or conclude transactions with eligibl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter X: Digital asset service providers

Article L54-10-2

Digital asset services include the following services: 1° The service of holding digital assets on behalf of third parties or access to digital assets, where applicable in the form of private cryptogr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Mutual funding of employee trade unions and professional employers' organisations

Article L2135-16

The employees' trade union organisations and the employers' professional organisations receiving financing from the Joint Fund draw up a written annual report detailing the use made of the appropriati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Term of office and termination.

Article L2314-37

When a titular delegate ceases to perform his duties for one of the reasons indicated in the present section or is temporarily absent for any reason whatsoever, he is replaced by a substitute elected…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 13: Conseiller prud'homme.

Article L2412-13

…physician, or on expiry of the term when the employer does not intend to renew a contract containing a renewal clause, with the authorisation of the labour inspector. This procedure applies during th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conversion to part-time or full-time work

Article L3123-2

An employee who so requests may benefit from a reduction in working hours in the form of one or more periods of at least one week due to the needs of his personal life. Working hours are set within th…

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