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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the professional identification card

Article R8292-1

The professional identification card is a secure individual card intended for any employee carrying out one or more of the building or public works jobs listed in the first paragraph of article R. 829…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6133-5

I. - The General Meeting votes on the projected budget of the Groupement de Coopération Sanitaire.At the close of the financial year, the result for the year is allocated under the conditions defined…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Estimated revenue and expenditure and accounts

Article D6162-10

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this section and subject to the legislative provisions and rules of organisation and operation under private law which are specific to them, the provisions o…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Specific part

Article A212-125

Candidates for the specific part of the second-degree state diploma in sports education must pass a general test, a pedagogical test and a technical test. A general test (coefficient 3) comprising: -…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-18

I. - The eligible financial securities and money market instruments referred to in I of article L. 214-24-55 are :1° Either eligible financial securities and money market instruments admitted to tradi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to insurance undertakings.

Article R321-1

The administrative authorisation provided for in Article L. 321-1 is granted by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution. For the purposes of granting this authorisation, insurance operati…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Appearance on preliminary recognition of guilt

Article 495-7

For all offences, with the exception of those mentioned in article 495-16 and the offences of wilful and involuntary bodily harm and sexual assault provided for in articles 222-9 to 222-31-2 of the Pe…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-3-6

The duration of the suspension measures referred to in 2° of I of article L. 232-23 for a breach of 1° or 3° of article L. 232-10 shall be a minimum of four years. This sanction may go as far as perma…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to financial investment advisers

Article L573-10

Natural persons guilty of one of the offences mentioned in article L. 573-9 are also liable to the following additional penalties: 1° Disqualification from civic, civil and family rights, in accordanc…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Requests concerning national defence

Article R612-26

Delegates of the Minister of Defence, specially empowered for this purpose and whose names and capacities have been brought to the attention of the Director of the National Institute of Industrial Pro…

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