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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Specific part

Article A212-127

Candidates for the specific part of the third-degree state diploma in sports education must pass the following tests: A. - Organisation, management and responsible teaching of at least two national tr…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific technical provisions the popular retirement savings plan

Article R144-24

…the number of units of diversification technical reserves acquired, or, for the plans mentioned in 3° of article R. 144-18, the number of annuity units acquired, broken down by year. The amount of th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-9

…ion (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014; 2° Inflation, including that affecting expenses and claims; 3° All payments to policyholders, contract beneficiaries and reinsured undertakings, including discr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Receivership.

Article L631-7

Articles L. 621-1, L. 621-2 and L. 621-3 are applicable to receivership proceedings.The maximum duration of the observation period mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 621-3 may exceptionall…

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

Article R412-25

…compliance with those marketing standards and requirements for communications in the banana sector; 3° The provisions of Articles 74,75 and 76 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliamen…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Provisions common to property liable to direct local taxes

Article 1516

…2° The updating, every three years, of the valuations resulting from the previous general revision; 3° The carrying out of revisions under the conditions laid down by law. II. - The rental values of t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
5 : Payment by bank transfer or direct debit

Article 1681 quinquies

1. The levies provided for in Articles 117 quater and 125 A and the levies established, liquidated and recovered according to the same rules, as well as the withholding tax provided for in Article 119…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1770 duodecies

…ble for value added tax fails to prove, by producing the attestation or certificate provided for in 3° bis of I of Article 286, that the cash register software or systems that it holds meet the condit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1-1: Single integration contract.

Article L5134-19-1

…n this assistance concerns a beneficiary of the active solidarity income financed by the Department;3° Or, on behalf of the State, the academic authority for the contracts mentioned in I of article L.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Other authorised persons.

Article L5414-1

…Medical devices and their accessories ;2° In vitro diagnostic medical devices and their accessories;3° The products listed in Annex XVI to Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of th…

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