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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 7: General training common to mountain sports teaching, supervision and training professions

Article A212-170

…n mountain sports may enrol. The enrolment file, the composition of which is set out in appendix II-20, must be submitted to the Ecole nationale des sports de montagne at least two months before the d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Validation and checks carried out by the presidents of the chambers of trades and crafts

Article R123-278

…m to the status of société coopérative artisanale governed by the tittre Ier de la loi n° 83-657 du 20 juillet 1983 relative au développement de certaines activités d'économie sociale. The President o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-35

…ey are drawn up, revised and updated, determined according to the rules defined in articles D. 1332-20 and D. 1332-22 and transmitted under the conditions defined in articles D. 1332-21 and D. 1332-22…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article D47-6-16

…he resumption of one or more of its obligations, pursuant to articles 706-25-16,706-25-18 et 706-25-20, the following provisions shall apply: 1° The rules relating to the appointment of a lawyer provi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Effects of winding-up proceedings of companies whose registered office is located within the territory of a Member State of the European Union other than France.

Article L326-21

Notwithstanding the provisions of article L. 326-20, the effects of a reorganisation measure defined in article L. 323-8 or of winding-up proceedings on the contracts and rights listed below are deter…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Investment holding companies

Article L517-4-3

…investment holding company is a financial institution the subsidiaries of which are exclusively or mainly investment firms or financial institutions, at least one of which is an investment firm which…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Universal guarantee fund for rental risks

Article R426-2

…L. 313-20 of the same code.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Registration of an asylum application by an unaccompanied minor

Article R521-19

…rence to article L. 521-9, and the reference to article R. 343-8 by the reference to article R. 521-20.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Cooperation and exchanges of information for the purposes of supplementary surveillance

Article L633-7-1

…requirements and applicable law, through the colleges of supervisors referred to in Article L. 613-20-2 or the colleges of supervisors referred to in 7° of Article L. 356-1 of the Insurance Code. The…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Judicial police officers

Article R15-17-1

The status of judicial police officer is granted, pursuant to the article 20-1, to those retired national police officers and those retired national gendarmerie military personnel called up to serve i…

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