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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-10 (art. A212-167)

…67 State certificate for diving instructors. Brevet d'Etat du deuxième degré. Water skiing Order of 20 April 1970 Brevet d'Etat d'assistant moniteur. Brevet d'Etat du premier degré. Brevet d'Etat de m…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Administrative police measures

Article L612-34-1

…company mentioned in I is a parent undertaking or a subsidiary within the meaning of Article L. 511-20, Articles III and IV of Article L. 613-20-4, Articles L. 613-21-3 or L. 613-21-4, as applicable,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Joint associations of local authorities, groups of local authorities and other legal entities governed by public law

Article L5843-2

…the adaptations provided for in II to VIII. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 5721-1 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 L. 5721-2 law no. 2019-1461 of 27 December 2019 L. 5721-2-1 law no. 2…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Conversion to attachment for payment

Article R523-10

Where necessary, the provisions of articles…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Transmission of the request by the public prosecutor.

Article 728-15

The representative of the Public Prosecutor's Office at the court which handed down the sentencing decision shall be competent to forward to the competent authority of another Member State of the Euro…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Stimulus measures for the video publishing of cinematographic and audiovisual works

Article 916-37

The amount of selective grants awarded during 2020 in application of 1° and 2° of article 611-22 is subject to an increase when they have been awarded for the edition or re-edition of cinematographic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Joint associations of local authorities, groups of local authorities and other legal entities governed by public law

Article L5843-3

…I of Title II of Book VII of Part Five of the present Code mentioned in Article 55-1 of Organic Law No. 2004-192 of 27 February 2004 on the autonomous status of French Polynesia are applicable to Fren…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation.

Article D4626-2

…e common to several administrations as provided for in the second paragraph of article 11 of decree no. 82-453 of 28 May 1982 as amended relating to occupational health and safety and medical preventi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Tax penalties

Article 1736

…declaration referred to in I of Article 1649 AC after the deadline is punishable by a tax fine of €200 per account to be declared.II. - (Disjoint)III. - A fine equal to 5% of the sums not declared sh…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Checking and recording offences

Article L425-2

…the Code of Criminal Procedure are authorised to carry out the checks provided for in deliberation no. 202 of 22 August 2006 of the Congress of New Caledonia relating to the protection of the health…

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