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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Management

Article A322-160

For supervised skydiving sessions as defined in 1° and 2° of articles A. 322-150 and A. 322-151, there must be at least two instructors, at least one of whom, whether paid or unpaid, holds the diploma…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IIe: Special arrangements for those liable for tax on services provided by electronic communications operators

Article 1693 sexies

…lready paid in respect of the year reach the amount of tax for which they will ultimately be liable may defer payment of subsequent instalments. If the amount of tax is more than 20% higher than the a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 9: Special provisions for forestry savings companies governed by Article L. 214-121.

Article R214-169

…one month following the previous deadline;2° The special register referred to in Article R. 214-148 may also be listed and initialled by the Registrar of the Commercial Court of the registered office…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to portfolio management companies

Article D533-16-1

I.-This article applies to entities subject to Article L. 533-22-1. For the credit institutions and investment firms mentioned in Article L. 511-4-3, this article applies to portfolio management activ…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Tax base

Article 1635 quater J

…caravans and mobile leisure homes, €3,000 per pitch; 2° For pitches for light leisure dwellings, €10,000 per pitch; 3° For swimming pools, €250 per square metre; > 4° For wind turbines over 12 metre…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Measures taken to protect the population and the environment

Article R1333-16

…tions;5° the estimated doses received by the potentially exposed population.The competent authority may set discharge limit values in the authorisation issued to the person responsible for a nuclear a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Taxable income of foreign nationals and persons not resident in France for tax purposes

Article 164 D

…without having their tax domicile there, as well as the persons mentioned in 2 of the article 4 B, may be invited by the tax department to designate, within ninety days of receipt of this request, a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Designation of the inventor and claim of ownership.

Article R611-16

…gnated. Within the framework provided for in the second sentence of this paragraph, the third party may also request to be mentioned in the copies of the publications of the patent application or of t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Civil liability.

Article R225-167

Shareholders who, on the basis of the provisions of articles L. 225-251 and L. 225-256, intend to claim compensation from the directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the members of the Management Bo…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Lost, destroyed or stolen life insurance policies or capitalisation or savings bonds.

Article R*160-5

Within one month of receipt of the letter provided for in article R. 160-4, the opposing party must bring his action before the competent court and notify the company, by electronic registered mail wi…

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