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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Approval of training centres

Article D211-85

The specifications mentioned in article D. 211-84 define the following criteria: 1° The level of competitions in which the professional team of the association or sports company it has formed must par…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXa: Declaration by management companies of venture capital mutual funds, professional investment funds, partnerships and venture capital companies

Article 242 quinquies

…ovided for respectively in the third paragraph and the fourth paragraph of 1° of article 1-1 of law no. 85-695 of 11 July 1985 containing various economic and financial provisions;2° For each distribu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Police custody

Article 706-88-1

…88, decide that the current police custody of a person, based on one of the offences referred to in 11° of Article 706-73, will be subject to an additional extension of twenty-four hours, renewable on…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO BOOK I

Article R2631-1

…provisions of Book I to Saint-Martin :1° In article R. 2122-1, references to articles L. 184-1, L. 511-11, L. 511-15, L. 511-16 and L. 511-19 to L. 511-21 of the Construction and Housing Code are repl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Repair, reconstruction and rebuilding of property and businesses damaged as a result of hostilities

Article 1056

…aw;b) By associations syndicales and cooperatives for reconstruction acting under article 16 of law no. 50-531 of 2 June 1950 and by associations syndicales de remembrement, from some of their members…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Commitments giving rise to a diversification provision

Article A134-1

For the application of Article R. 134-2, notwithstanding Article 142-3 of Regulation No. 2015-11 of 26 November 2015 of the Autorité des normes comptables relating to the accounting framework for insu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter: Financing of vocational training

Article L6131-4

…luded with it by the bodies mentioned in articles L. 225-1-1 of the social security code and L. 723-11 of the rural and maritime fishing code, and approved by the ministers responsible for social secu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regional health agency.

Article L6431-7

…Directors are enforceable as follows: 1° Decisions relating to the matters listed in 2°, 5°, 7° to 11° and 14° to 17° of article L. 6431-6 are enforceable by operation of law as soon as they are rece…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bank charges

Article L752-3

…ties; 10° A payment card, each use of which is authorised by the credit institution that issued it; 11° Two bank cheque forms per month or equivalent means of payment offering the same services; 12° A…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bank charges

Article L753-3

…ties; 10° A payment card, each use of which is authorised by the credit institution that issued it; 11° Two bank cheque forms per month or equivalent means of payment offering the same services; 12° T…

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