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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article D211-60

Decisions relating to the budget and the financial account are enforceable under the conditions set out in Title III of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 relating to public budgetary and account…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Higher State Diploma in Youth, Popular Education and Sport

Article D212-59

The Higher State Diploma in Youth, Popular Education and Sport is prepared :1° Through initial training, including apprenticeships ;2° Through continuing education.When the Higher State Diploma in You…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Relocation of film screenings

Article D212-16

When the move involves an indeterminate number of screenings, the declaration provided for in…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Exploitation in the form of videograms

Article D231-4

The number of admissions indicated in the application for exemption in accordance with 3° of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Regulated commercial practices

Article D122-3

I.-When all the dishes offered by the professional are "home-made", the words "home-made" or "home-made" or the logo defined by order of the Minister for Trade may appear in a single place visible to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Certification and publication of the accounts of trade unions and professional employers' organisations

Article D2135-4

The annual accounts of professional trade unions of employees or employers and their unions, and associations of employees or employers mentioned in article L. 2135-1 whose resources within the meanin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Compulsory expenditure

Article D2321-13

The expenditure provided for in article D. 2321-8, whether financed from own resources or by borrowing, include under operations: 1° In municipal establishments: - expenditure on the replacement of fu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security measures that may be ordered in the event of a declaration of lack of criminal responsibility on grounds of mental disorder.

Article D47-31

The public prosecutor or the public prosecutor shall notify the automated national criminal records department of judgments and rulings declaring that a person is not criminally responsible on account…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Provisions applicable to the judicial supervision of dangerous persons convicted of a felony or misdemeanour

Article D147-33

The public prosecutor checks whether the person is a person convicted of a crime or offence mentioned in article D. 147-31 and against whom socio-judicial supervision has not been ordered. When this i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: General conditions of detention

Article D147-9

Where the provisions of the articles 474 and D. 48-2, the summonses provided for in Article 723-15 are issued by the sentence enforcement judge and by the prison integration and probation service. The…

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