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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 9: Organisation of training leading to qualifications in physical and sporting activities in a specific environment

Article A212-175-13

…e event of failure to comply with the obligations of the specifications mentioned in article A. 212-175-11, formal notice is sent to the establishment. The establishment has a maximum of one year to c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 8: Special provisions for non-trading property investment companies.

Article R214-156-2

…single counterparty resulting from forward financial instrument contracts mentioned in article R. 214-156-1 must not exceed 10% of its net assets. III - The use of financial futures by a société civi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Stock options.

Article L225-178

…the exercise of these options does not give rise to the formalities provided for in Article L. 225-142, in the second paragraph of Article L. 225-144 and in Article L. 225-146. It is definitively com…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Criminal penalties

Article 1741 A

…384 septies-0 I to 384 septies-0 K.(2) See also livre des procédures fiscales, art. L. 228 and L. 230.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health checks and surveillance

Article R1321-17

The Director General of the Regional Health Agency may, on his own initiative or at the request of the Prefect, have additional analyses carried out at the expense of the person responsible for the pr…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Fixed-date proceedings.

Article 925

If necessary, the President of the Chamber may refer the case to the Conseiller de la mise en état.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for placing on the market and putting into service.

Article R5211-17

…his Title and as personal protective equipment within the meaning of Articles R. 4311-12 to R. 4311-14 of the Labour Code also complies with the essential requirements mentioned in Article R. 4312-24…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R1613-10

As an exception to the provisions of article R. 1613-9, the amount of the State grant may, by way of exception, bring the amount of direct public aid up to 100% of the pre-tax amount of the damage cau…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-15

…expected. When the bathing season extends over the whole year, it begins on 1st October and ends on 30th September. 3° A large number of bathers corresponds to an estimated high number of bathers, tak…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-30

A contract may be amended without a new competitive tendering procedure under the conditions set out in Section 1 of Chapter IV of Title IX of Book II of Part Two of the Public Procurement Code.

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