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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-20

COMPOSITION OF THE APPLICATION FORM FOR THE COMMON GENERAL TRAINING COURSE FOR TEACHING, SUPERVISION AND TRAINING IN MOUNTAIN SPORTS The application includes the following documents: - an application…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The Departmental Director and Deputy Departmental Director of Fire and Rescue Services

Article R1424-19-1

…duties and who acts as interim director in the event of the director's post becoming temporarily vacant.He is also assisted by the chief medical officer of the health subdirectorate and the heads of…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R212-7-19

…will have an extract of this decision published, at the beneficiary's expense, in two regional or local newspapers circulated in the department.The same applies to the prefectoral certificate in the e…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations of free shares.

Article L225-197-3

The rights resulting from the allocation of free shares are non-transferable until the end of the vesting period. In the event of the death of the beneficiary, his heirs may request the allocation of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Termination by mutual agreement as part of a collective agreement on collective redundancy by mutual agreement

Article L1237-19-9

When the job losses resulting from the collective agreement provided for in Article L. 1237-19 affect, by their scale, the balance of the employment area or areas in which they are located, the compan…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 5: Termination of the duties of an employed commercial court clerk in the event of termination of the employment contract

Article R743-139-19

…fiers des tribunaux de commerce in adversarial proceedings and provoking any explanations or communication of useful documents, the commission issues a reasoned opinion.A copy of this opinion is sent,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Obligations where there is a high risk of money laundering or terrorist financing

Article R561-20-2

The persons mentioned in Article L. 561-2 shall define and implement procedures, adapted to the money laundering and terrorist financing risks to which they are exposed, enabling them to determine whe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement and progress of the receivership.

Article L631-19-2

…r more undertakings with a total workforce of at least one hundred and fifty employees is likely to cause a serious disturbance to the national or regional economy and to the employment area, and if a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 209-0 B

…of any other activities necessarily provided at sea;d. Whose strategic and commercial management is carried out from France;e. And which have not been acquired, during the period of application of thi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Agency agreement

Article L132-20-1

I.-The right to authorise the simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged cable retransmission, on national territory, of a work broadcast from national territory or the territory of another Member State o…

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