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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Approval of training centres

Article D211-85

…o young sportspeople undergoing training; 8° The nature of and arrangements for medical monitoring; 9° The weekly duration of training or competitions for young sportspeople as well as the recovery an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L312-4

I. - Credit institutions, investment firms and finance companies mentioned in II of article L. 511-1, authorised in France, as well as financial holding companies and mixed financial holding companies…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Principle of non-discrimination.

Article L1132-1

No person may be excluded from a recruitment or appointment procedure or from access to an internship or period of training in a company, and no employee may be penalised, dismissed or subjected to a…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Board of Directors.

Article R411-15

…General conditions for the conclusion and performance of contracts and agreements; 8° Transactions; 9° The creation of subsidiaries, participation in economic interest groupings, public interest group…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Choice of award criteria

Article R2152-7

In order to award the contract to the tenderer or, where appropriate, to the tenderers who have submitted the most economically advantageous tender, the purchaser shall base himself: 1° Either on a si…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Management and administration

Article L22-10-11

…e powers of the Board of Directors, in particular with regard to the issue or repurchase of shares; 9° Agreements entered into by the company that are amended or terminated in the event of a change of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: European patents and European patents with unitary effect

Article L614-14

I.-A French patent application or a French patent and a European patent application or a European patent which has not been the subject of a waiver of the exclusive jurisdiction of the unified patent…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IX: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L592-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions are applicable to Saint-Barthélemy in their wording resulting from Ordinance no. 2020-1733 of 16 December 2020, unless…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IX: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L593-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions shall apply to Saint-Martin in their wording resulting from Ordinance No. 2020-1733 of 16 December 2020, unless otherw…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-12-2 a

Documents required for the declaration of activity by nationals of a Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area wishing to establish themselves in Franc…

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