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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Nordic cross-country skiing and related activities.

Article A212-192-3

…e is a substantial difference, he refers the matter to the commission for the recognition of qualifications mentioned in article R. 212-84, attaching the opinion of the permanent section to the file.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-4-3

…d, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may require the firm in question to: 1° Allocate all or part of its net profits to strengthening its capital base; 2° Limit variable remuneratio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Rent.

Article L145-34

Unless there is a significant change in the items mentioned in 1° to 4° of article L. 145-33, the rate of change in the rent applicable when the lease to be renewed takes effect, if its term does not…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Injunctions to perform

Article L238-3

…implifiée" or "SAS", "société européenne" or "SE" or "société en commandite par actions"; 2° An indication of the share capital, unless it is a company with variable capital within the meaning of l'ar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pharmacy professions.

Article L4443-3

…Board are incompatible with those of a member of the body of the Association of Pharmacists of New Caledonia or French Polynesia.If, by their own actions, the members of the Disciplinary Board make i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Dissolution

Article L5212-33

The union is dissolved:a) Either automatically on expiry of the term set by the decision establishing it or on completion of the operation it was intended to carry out or when it no longer has more th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 12: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article R641-39

…filed by the liquidator with the court registry at the end of a period of six months from the publication of the judgment opening or pronouncing the liquidation or, where applicable, at the end of a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Tests of knowledge.

Article D4111-3

…eral medicine governed by decree no. 91-966 of 20 September 1991 relating to associate staff in medical and odontological disciplines in hospitals and university centres;c) For dental surgery: from am…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 14: Age limit and extension of service

Article R6152-329

…o continue working. The extension is granted for periods of six months or one year, subject to physical and mental fitness as attested by a certificate issued by an approved doctor. The director of th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Penalties relating to consumer credit

Article L354-2

…provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THEIR REACTION L. 341-1 Res…

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