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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Authorisation

Article R212-10-16

The rector of the academic region may withdraw the authorisation of the training body in the event of failure to comply with any of the obligations set out in articles R. 212-10-11 to R. 212-10-13, af…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Business value added tax

Article 1586 nonies

…local authorities concerned by the exemption from business property tax.II. - Where establishments may be exempted from business property tax by a decision of a commune or a public establishment for…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Public land registry service

Article 881 N

…able to formalities concerning buildings located in Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 59 novodecies

…ficers of the national police and the national gendarmerie responsible for border policing missions may communicate to each other, on request or spontaneously, all information and documents held or co…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L72-101-10

The surplus from the operating section for the financial year just ended, together with the previous result carried forward, is allocated in full at the earliest budgetary decision following the appro…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2c: Marine fishing companies

Article 44 nonies

The taxable profits of small-scale fishermen, subject to a real tax regime, who set up for the first time between 1 January 1997 and 31 December 2010, are determined, for the first sixty months of act…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Merger of mutual insurance companies

Article R322-106-10

…2-85, with the exception of those concerning the decision to approve the operation by the general meeting of the new company, and in articles R. 322-86 to R. 322-88 are applicable to merger operations…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article 1014

…re the appeal is inadmissible or where it is manifestly not such as to result in cassation. A panel may also decide not to reply in a specially reasoned decision to one or more pleas which are inadmis…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Authorisation

Article R212-10-10

…ons for organising the requirements prior to entry into training and the certification tests, which may or may not be delegated to the authorised training body.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Accounting

Article D72-104-10

…authority attaches the mandates and supporting documents for expenditure, indicated in articles D. 1617-19 and D. 1617-20, to the issue slips that he sends to the local authority's accounting officer…

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