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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-8

…raph, on an experimental basis and for a period of three years from the date of promulgation of law no. du aimed at democratising sport in France, the representative of the State in the département or…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Candidate registration requirements

Article A212-36

…e or the individual certificate of participation in the Defence and Citizenship Day for those under 25;4° The certificate(s) proving fulfilment of the prerequisites laid down by the decree creating th…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions relating to the creation process

Article D331-4

For the application of d of 1 of II of article 220 sexies of the General Tax Code, cinematographic or audiovisual works are considered to contribute to the development of French and European cinematog…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General-purpose investment funds.

Article R214-32-18

I. - The eligible financial securities and money market instruments referred to in I of article L. 214-24-55 are :1° Either eligible financial securities and money market instruments admitted to tradi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1465

…um-sized enterprises, within the meaning of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other provisions

Article L632-12-1

Notwithstanding the provisions of Law no. 68-678 of 26 July 1968 relating to the disclosure of economic, commercial, industrial, financial or technical documents and information to foreign natural or…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Conditions

Article L434-8

For the purposes of assessing the resources referred to in 1° of article L. 434-7, all the resources of the applicant and his/her spouse are taken into account, independently of family benefits, the r…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R324-1-4

…lt;p>For municipalities whose local urban planning plans are governed by the regime prior to Law no. 2014-366 of 24 March 2014 for access to housing and renovated urban planning, premises for comme…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions specific to patient care provided in another Member State of the European Union

Article R1111-56

Access to the personal health data referred to in Article R. 1111-55, as provided for in Article L. 1111-22, is subject to the following conditions: 1° The Member State of the European Union on whose…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Monitoring and alert system for medicinal products

Article R5312-1

For the implementation of the monitoring and alert system mentioned in article L. 5312-4, the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé is responsible for receiving and proce…

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