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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 796

I. - The estates of:1° of servicemen of the French and allied armies who died under the flags during the war;2° of servicemen who, either under the flags or after being sent home, will have died, with…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Redundancies for economic reasons.

Article L321-13

Any termination of the employment contract of an employee of an age determined by decree giving entitlement to payment of the insurance allowance provided for in article L. 351-3 entails the obligatio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions applicable to investment service providers

Article L531-2

The following may provide investment services within the limits of the legislative provisions which, where applicable, govern them, without being subject to the authorisation procedure provided for in…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Nature of the continuous assessment of knowledge leading to the brevet d'Etat d'éducateur sportif à trois degrés (three-degree state diploma for sports instructors) during training under the responsibility of the Minister for Sport

Article A212-131

After passing one or more selection tests, the training leading to the common part of the brevet d'Etat d'éducateur sportif à trois degrés in the form of continuous assessment of knowledge takes place…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: CCI France.

Article R711-59

The Bureau of CCI France consists of ten to fifteen members, each of its members having one vote, namely:A President and three Vice-Presidents;A Secretary;A Treasurer;A Deputy Treasurer.Each holder of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Water and sanitation.

Article D2573-22

I. - The first paragraphs of articles R. 2224-11 and R. 2224-15, articles R. 2224-19 to R. 2224-19-4 and R. 2224-19-6 to R. 2224-19-10 and articles R. 2224-20 and R. 2224-21 are applicable to the comm…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Disciplinary chamber of first instance

Article R4311-89

In addition to its Chairman, the Disciplinary Chamber of First Instance shall comprise :1° Where the total number of nurses on the most recently published roll is less than or equal to 10,000, six ful…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Psychotropic substances and preparations

Article R5132-89

I.- By way of derogation from the provisions of article R. 5132-88, the following shall take the place of authorisation for professional use only:1° The authorisation issued in application of articles…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Company mutual funds

Article L214-165

I. - This article applies to company mutual funds in which more than one third of the assets are made up of shares or securities issued by the company or by any company linked to it under the conditio…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Loss of French nationality

Article 23-9

The loss of French nationality takes effect: 1° In the case provided for in article 23 at the date of acquisition of foreign nationality; 2° In the case provided for in Articles 23-3 and 23-5 on the d…

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