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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Budgetary control

Article A211-58

The budget controller shall receive, under the same conditions as the members of the bodies which he may attend pursuant toArticle 222 of Decree No. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budget manag…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Publication of acts of other administrative authorities and bodies

Article A112-36

The following are published in the Bulletin officiel du cinéma et de l'image animée, where applicable in extracts: 1° Recommendations for good practice drawn up by the professional consultation commit…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the official statement of offence, the notice of offence and the payment card for forfeited offences

Article A37-20-5

In all cases, an acknowledgement of registration of the challenge is automatically presented to the person when they have validated and sent their challenge. This document can be downloaded or printed…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the official statement of offence, the notice of offence and the payment card for forfeited offences

Article A37-20-2

Online challenges may be made for the following reasons: 1° The vehicle in question has been, sold, transferred, stolen, destroyed or had its number plates stolen; 2° Another driver was presumed to be…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the official statement of offence, the notice of offence and the payment card for forfeited offences

Article A37-20-4

In the case provided for in 2° of Article A. 37-20-2, the person specifies the identity, address and driving licence reference of the person who was presumed to be driving the vehicle when the offence…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the official statement of offence, the notice of offence and the payment card for forfeited offences

Article A37-20-3

In the case provided for in 1° of Article A. 37-20-2, the person shall send digitally, in the formats indicated on the site " www. antai. fr ", the copy of the receipt of the complaint lodged for thef…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: General obligations of traders

Article A123-3

I.-The qualified electronic signature certificate referred to in Article R. 123-5 falls at least, pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A132-7

I. - For the purposes of the seventh paragraph of article L. 132-22, the following information is provided to the policyholder:- the interest rate guaranteed by the contract and the interest rate corr…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: General principles

Article A512-6

The diplomas, degrees or certificates mentioned in article R. 512-9 of this code are : 1° Diplomas and qualifications corresponding to Master's level training. 2° Diplomas and qualifications correspon…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: The network of Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

Article A712-2

The overall monthly allowance for office expenses that the General Meeting of CCI France and of each territorial and regional chamber of commerce and industry may allocate to the members of its bureau…

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