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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Technical sports advisors to sports federations

Article R131-16

The tasks of sports technical advisors that may be carried out by sports federations in application of article L. 131-12 are those of national technical director, national coach, national technical ad…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Appeals provided for in Article L. 464-8.

Article R464-16

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Gifts made by marriage contract to the spouses and to unborn children of the marriage.

Article 1082

The father and mother, other ascendants, collateral relatives of the spouses, and even strangers, may, by marriage contract, dispose of all or part of the property which they leave on the day of their…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Tax for the development of vocational training in the car, cycle and motorbike repair trades

Article 1609 sexvicies

I. - With effect from 1st January 2004, a tax is introduced for the benefit of the National Association for Automobile Training. It contributes to the financing of initial vocational training, in part…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to all financing bodies

Article L214-168

I. - The purpose of securitisation undertakings is, on the one hand, to be exposed to the risks, including insurance risks, referred to in article L. 214-175-1 and, on the other hand, to finance or he…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Obligations of taxpayers

Article 1649 AA

…in particular life insurance contracts, are taken out with organisations mentioned in I of article 1649 ter who are established outside France, subscribers are required to declare, at the same time a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Financial guarantee.

Article R512-16

I. - The financial guarantee is implemented on the sole grounds that the guaranteed intermediary is in default, without the guarantor being able to invoke the benefit of discussion against the credito…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R1110-16

…r des droits and to the commissions for the evaluation of refusals of care mentioned in article D. 4122-4-2.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Powers (R).

Article R2511-16

When, in the event of danger or disaster, the mayor of the municipality is required to rehouse dwellings referred to in the first paragraph of article R. 2511-4, these dwellings are not taken into acc…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 1070

…a contribution to the costs of the marriage or compensatory allowance, the court with jurisdiction may be that of the place where the creditor spouse or the parent who is the main carer of the childr…

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