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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative organisation

Article R232-18

Without prejudice to the provisions of the first paragraph of Article R. 232-11, the Chairman of the Agency may delegate to the Secretary General and the Director of the Control Department, within the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Distribution and supply of labile blood products

Article R1221-20-1

To be authorised, a blood depot must meet the following conditions: 1° Have an organisation and resources enabling it to carry out its activities in accordance with the procedures defined by order of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-20-1

I.-Where the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution is informed by the group supervisor, in the case of a supervisory authority of another Member State, of a request for authorisation to cal…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
23°: Tax credit for energy transition

Article 200 quater A

…on of dwellings to the loss of independence or disability, where the conditions laid down in c are met. > b. In order to qualify for the tax credit, the equipment mentioned in a must be: 1° Paid for b…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: The application and the divorce proceedings

Article 1115

The proposal to settle the spouses' pecuniary interests, provided for in article 252 of the Civil Code, contains a summary description of their assets and specifies the claimant's intentions regarding…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: The adoption procedure

Article 1171

The court shall verify whether the legal conditions for adoption have been met within six months of either the filing of the application or its transmission in the case provided for in the second para…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Criminal penalties

Article L341-18

Natural persons guilty of the offences punishable under articles L. 341-12 to L. 341-17 shall also incur as additional penalties the prohibition, in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 1…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Financial and accounting system

Article R211-18-3

I. - The draft budget is sent by the Director General to the Ministers for Sport and the Budget at least fifteen days before it is presented to the Board of Directors of the institution. II. - The Boa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Other sanctions and measures

Article 1840 G ter

…tration tax or additional tax on registration duties or land registration tax has been obtained in return for compliance with a commitment or the production of a justification, failure to comply with…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Mandate

Article L722-11

…subject to the provisions of Article L. 722-13. The Chairman is elected for a four-year term by secret ballot by the judges of the Commercial Court meeting in general assembly under the chairmanship o…

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