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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: The National Safety Commission for Sports Venues

Article A312-11

…sportives, the Prefect approves outdoor sports arenas with a capacity of 15,000 spectators or more and indoor sports arenas with a capacity of 8,000 spectators or more.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supplementary occupational pension contracts

Article A143-3

…form him within a period which may not exceed one month of the range of possible investment options and the existing investment portfolio, with a description of the risks and costs relating to these i…

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

Article A144-1

…144-2 are drawn up in accordance with rules determined by a regulation of the French Accounting Standards Authority (Autorité des normes comptables). The annual budget of a popular retirement saving…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article A230-7

…period of validity of the insurance certificate provided for in article L. 223-13 of the new Rural and Maritime Fishing Code may not exceed forty-eight hours. The insurer must provide the non-residen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: Business formalities centres

Article A123-10

Each technical working group is responsible, within the limits set by the strategic steering committee, for fulfilling the tasks assigned by the latter in application of 9° of article A. 123-7. In thi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Other appendices

Article Annexe VII

List of missions, programmes, actions established for the application of articles L. 2334-39 and R. 2334-19Mission: agriculture, fisheries, forestry and rural affairs154 Programme: sustainable managem…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article A37-22

Two flaps, placed after the cover page, enable the use of the ten bundles (each containing five sheets) contained in the booklet to be tracked by the issuing authority.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I.

Article A141-1

The prior information of the policyholder referred to in the first paragraph of article L. 141-6 of the Insurance Code is provided in the form of a specific document, separate from any other contractu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
9: Sanctions against third parties

Article 1740 A

…ion of a fine. The rate of the fine is equal to that of the tax reduction or tax credit in question and its basis is the sums wrongly mentioned on the documents issued to the taxpayer. Where the docum…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Simplified procedure for fixed fines for misdemeanours

Article A36-14

…Article D. 45-3 may submit the request for exoneration or the claim provided for in Articles 495-18 and 495-19 dematerialised in accordance with the procedures specified by this section. The challenge…

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