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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for exercising the right to vote and stand for election and rules applicable to the conduct of elections to the Board of Directors

Article A114-1

…3° College of manual, technical and service staff; 4° College of sportspeople hosted at the centre; 5° College of trainees.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Participative finance service providers

Article L547-4

Participatory finance service providers may also provide, under the conditions set out in Article L. 547-5, services identical to those mentioned in point ii) of a) of paragraph 1 of Article 2 of Regu…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Right to title

Article R611-8

The time limits provided for in articles R. 611-5 to R. 611-7 are suspended by the commencement of litigation concerning the regularity of the declaration or the validity of the classification of the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title IV: Accounting and statistical provisions

Article A342-1

The custodian referred to in Article R. 342-5 shall be responsible for all receipts and payments, with the possible exception of individual receipts and payments relating to sums paid in or transferre…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCES

Article LO6262-14

If the President of the Territorial Council fails to pay a compulsory expenditure within one month of being given formal notice to do so by the representative of the State, the latter shall proceed to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCES

Article LO6362-14

If the President of the Territorial Council fails to pay a compulsory expenditure within one month of being given formal notice to do so by the representative of the State, the latter shall proceed to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article R9

…eals, Minister of Justice, and the Minister of the Interior. The members of the juries mentioned in 5° and 6° of articles R. 7 and R. 8 may not serve on the jury for more than eight years, regardless…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Reduction of the fine for voluntary payment

Article R55-6

If an appeal is lodged against the decision giving rise to the dispatch of the statement of conviction in accordance with the provisions of Article R. 55-5, the chief clerk shall give notice thereof t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Work within the protection perimeter

Article R1322-26

In the presence of the interested parties, tracing, gauging and any other investigations deemed useful to establish the influence of the work that gave rise to the request for prohibition on the hydro…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article R663-7

A court-appointed administrator shall be allocated, in respect of a mission to administer the company during receivership or compulsory liquidation proceedings, the emolument provided for in Article R…

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