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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: "Sports instructor" speciality

Article A212-47-3

…ed for in 1° of article D. 212-28. In accordance with the conditions laid down by the regional director of youth, sport and social cohesion or by the director of youth, sport and social cohesion, the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Dotation globale de fonctionnement (R).

Article R2563-4-2

For the application of article L. 2334-23-2: 1° The data to be taken into account is assessed, unless otherwise stated, on 1st January of the year in respect of which the apportionment is made; 2° The…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Agents

Article L523-4

…land France, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Reunion Island, Mayotte or Saint-Martin, wishes to use an agent to provide payment services in another Member State of the European Union or party t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: APPLICATION FOR ASYLUM SUBMITTED IN RESPECT

Article L754-4

The foreign national may apply to the president of the administrative court to have the detention decision provided for in article L. 754-3 annulled within forty-eight hours of being notified, in orde…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Territorial Council

Article LO6461-4

I. - In matters referred to in II of Article LO 6414-1, the Territorial Council may impose fines for breaches of the rules it lays down that do not exceed the maximum laid down in the Penal Code for o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition

Article R6156-46

…lege of hospital practitioners are those practitioners who practise in the discipline corresponding to the section. For a section of the college of tenured teaching and hospital staff, staff working i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Operating grants without earmarking

Article L2335-4

During the period in which the provisions designed to facilitate the progressive fiscal integration of merged communes apply, the State grants financial aid to the new commune. The amount of this aid…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Powers of investigation.

Article L450-4

…quested by the European Commission, the Minister for the Economy or the General Rapporteur of the Autorité de la Concurrence on a proposal from the Rapporteur, with judicial authorisation granted by o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Transformation and merger.

Article L5211-41

…tus, this establishment may be transformed, provided that it fulfils the conditions for creation, into a public establishment of this category by concordant deliberations of the deliberating body and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Hospital cooperatives of doctors

Article L6163-4

…of a société coopérative hospitalière de médecins: 1° As co-operating members : - self-employed doctors, natural persons, duly registered on the roll of the council of doctors ; - self-employed healt…

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