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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Financial and accounting system

Article R211-18-4

The decisions of the Board of Directors, other than those relating to the budget, come into force without prior approval, with the exception of decisions relating to loans, acquisitions, exchanges and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bonds issued by associations.

Article L213-18-1

…ctors of associations issuing bonds are subject to the disqualifications provided for in article L. 500-1.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-18 b (art. A322-91)

…cluding the person supervising the group)0 to 40 metres PE-40 + PN-C in training for PTH-40 skillsE-3 + PTH-7040 to 70 metresPE-60 + PTH-40 in training towards PTH-70 skillsE-4 + PTH-120 4Space from 0…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section V: International wrongful removal of children

Article 1210-9

…ary enforcement of the return decision, the public prosecutor with jurisdiction pursuant to article 34-1 of law n° 95-125 of 8 January 1995 to directly request the police force in order to enforce the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-9-5

…n under a compulsory old-age insurance scheme or, failing that, the date referred to in article L. 161-17-2 of the Social Security Code, of the possibility of settling benefits under the policy. Each…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-18-2

…tigation, to experts registered on a list of legal experts, to the persons mentioned in article L. 232-11 or to competent persons or authorities. These persons may receive remuneration from the French…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 5: Disciplinary system

Article R422-58-3

…provided for in the first paragraph shall be increased by the additional time limit set by Article 643 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The appeal body reverses or confirms the decision to close the c…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Recording of sums calculated on the automatic audiovisual production account

Article 311-52

In the case of co-productions, the sums calculated are entered in the automatic audiovisual production account of each of the production companies in proportion to the amount of automatic aid or selec…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Administrative penalties

Article L242-18-8

Any breach of the provisions of articles L. 224-25-25 to L. 224-25-26 relating to updates is punishable by an administrative fine of up to 3,000 euros for an individual and 15,000 euros for a legal en…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 6: Compulsory prior administrative appeal

Article R2333-120-15

…in the table in Annex II to this code.This report is presented to the deliberative assembly before 31 December. It is examined at the first meeting of the deliberative assembly following the submissi…

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