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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VI: Disputes relating to the award of private law public procurement contracts

Article 1441-1

Applications made pursuant to Articles 2 to 20 of Order no. 2009-515 of 7 May 2009 relating to the review procedures applicable to public procurement contracts shall be lodged, investigated and judged…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Foreign nationals receiving a pension for an accident at work or occupational disease

Article L426-6

…sease paid by a French organisation and whose permanent disability rate is equal to or greater than 20% will be issued with a ten-year residence permit subject to lawful residence.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Disciplinary proceedings.

Article R724-11

When it refers the matter to the commission pursuant to Articles L. 724-3, L. 724-4 or R. 724-20, the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice or the First President of the Court of Appeal, shall forw…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Candidate registration requirements

Article A212-38-1

The tutor mentioned in articles R. 212-10-19 and R. 212-10-20 has the qualifications required by the decree for the diploma for which accreditation is requested. His duties are those defined in articl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Compensation

Article R7226-25

…e that may be allocated to the President of the Assembly of Martinique, pursuant to Article L. 7227-20.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Approved bodies for the management of the right to authorise simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged retransmission and representation by a signal distributor

Article R323-1

…management organisation governed by Title II of Book III may be approved under I of Article L. 132-20-1, I of Article L. 132-20-3, I of Article L. 132-20-4, I of Article L. 217-2, I of Article L. 217…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Implementation through the payment of an annual contribution

Article D5212-20

…ees subject to the obligation: a) 400 times the gross minimum hourly growth wage for companies with 20 to less than 250 employees ; b) 500 times the gross minimum hourly growth wage for companies with…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Funeral operations

Article L2564-11

For the application in Mayotte of Article L. 2223-20, the first sentence of the first paragraph is replaced by the following sentence: "The funeral regulations applicable in Mayotte are established by…

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

Article A212-172

…ring all the subjects covered during the training, as mentioned in article A. 212-71 (marked out of 20).

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 8: Nature of the tests leading to the award of the first and second level state diploma for sports instructors and reserved for candidates who are or have been high-level sportsmen and sportswomen.

Article A212-156

…se. It consists of an interview based on a practical case submitted to the candidate (marked out of 20; preparation: two hours; presentation: twenty minutes; interview: thirty minutes).

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