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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Status of members, agents and employees of the agency

Article R232-22

The travel and accommodation expenses incurred by the Agency's staff and members of the Board and Sanctions Committee are reimbursed under the conditions laid down by Decree No. 2006-781 of 3 July 200…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Deductions from apprenticeship tax

Article D6241-30

…tice training centre that meets one of the following conditions: 1° It is internal to the company ; 2° In which the company holds more than half of the capital within the meaning ofarticle L. 233-1 of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Critical care

Article R6123-34-1

The adult critical care modality comprises the following entries: 1° Intensive care and polyvalent intensive care, and specialised intensive care where applicable; 2° Derogatory polyvalent intensive c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 695-9-3

…ets shall be accompanied by a certificate issued by the judicial authority that ordered the measure and containing the following information: 1° Identification of the judicial authority that issued, v…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: Unit-linked life assurance or capitalisation contracts.

Article R131-3

Unlisted companies whose sole purpose is real estate or property, as referred to in 2° of article R. 131-1 , must meet the following conditions:1° Unlisted shares in non-trading companies whose sole o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Facilities and services managed by the network's establishments under public service delegations.

Article R712-35

…1° A multiannual operating outlook showing, in particular, the conditions for balanced operation; 2° A multiannual investment programme; 3° Indicators in terms of prudential debt ratios and the leve…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Pre-implementation and post-implementation aid committees

Article 211-149

…211-142, one other member of this committee, whether full or alternate, and two readers chosen from a list drawn up by the Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1a: The European Public Prosecutor's Office

Article 344-2

…rosecutor shall exercise all the powers conferred on the Public Prosecutor by this Code.The liberty and custody judge of the Paris judicial court then has jurisdiction to rule under the conditions set…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for holding office as mayor, deputy mayor, municipal councillor and arrondissement councillor

Article L2511-34-2

…by their internal regulations, the amount of the allowances that the Paris Council or the Marseille and Lyon City Councils allocate to their members is adjusted according to their actual attendance at…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Principles and means of prevention

Article R4412-109

…he operations to be carried out, to prevent the dispersion of asbestos fibres outside the work area and to reduce the concentration of asbestos fibres to the lowest level technically possible. These m…

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