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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: State diploma in youth, popular education and sport

Article D212-36

The diplôme d'Etat de la jeunesse, de l'éducation populaire et du sport (state diploma in youth, popular education and sport) is awarded for the speciality of "sports development" or for the specialit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Livret A passbook accounts

Article L742-12

The Livret A is distributed by the Office des Postes et Télécommunications under the conditions set out in articles L. 221-2 to L. 221-4, L. 221-6 and L. 221-38. Sums in excess of the ceiling mentione…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Provisions relating to checks prior to opening a Livret A passbook account

Article R221-121

I. - An institution to which an application to open a Livret A passbook account has been made by a person referred to in article L. 221-3 shall remind the applicant that he or she may hold only one Li…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Disciplinary procedure

Article R612-48

I. - The rapporteur shall present his report at the meeting. The Director General of the Treasury and, where applicable, the Director of Social Security or their representatives may submit observation…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article R811-1

…y insofar as they concern industrial property attorneys.However, Article R. 613-63 reads as follows:Art. R. 613-63.-The application for a reduction in fees provided for in Article L. 612-20, as it rea…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 6: Public access to forests.

Article L343-9

…Article L. 113-6 of the town planning code.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Access to shores and beaches.

Article L341-14

…articles L. 321-9 du code de l'environnement et L. 2124-4 du code géné…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Projects subject to authorisation

Article L212-8-1

…L. 212-2 to L. 212-5.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Decisions to award financial assistance

Article 121-1

…article R. 112-23 (6°) of the Code du cinéma et de l'image animée, decisions to…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 211-103

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