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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Rules applicable to financial contracts, temporary acquisitions and sales of financial instruments and guarantees

Article R214-18

…ves:a) Risk reduction ;b) Cost reduction ;c) Creation of additional capital or income for the UCITS;3° The risks they entail are taken into account in an appropriate manner by the UCITS' risk manageme…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Audiovisual production contract

Article L132-28-1

…ork on an on-demand audiovisual media service within the meaning of Article 2 of Law no. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 provides for the transmission to the assignor of information on the number of acts…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Continuing vocational training

Article R814-28-1

The duration of the vocational training provided for in article L. 814-9 is twenty hours over the course of a calendar year or forty hours over the course of two consecutive years.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Continuing vocational training

Article R814-28-6

Organisations providing training as defined in 1° to 4° of article R. 814-28-4 shall issue the person who has completed the activities validated as continuing education with a certificate stating the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Continuing vocational training

Article R814-28-4

…priority;2° Attendance at colloquia, conferences or seminars, up to a limit of ten hours per year ;3° Attendance at supervised self-study programmes or distance learning courses or courses, up to a l…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Continuing vocational training

Article R814-28-5

The training mentioned in 1° to 4° of article R. 814-28-4 shall be completed with the Conseil national des administrateurs judiciaires et des mandataires judiciaires, university establishments or trai…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Continuing vocational training

Article R814-28-7

Administrators judiciaire and mandataires judiciaires shall declare, by 31 January at the latest, to the Conseil national des administrateurs judiciaires et mandataires judiciaires the conditions unde…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Continuing vocational training

Article R814-28-2

Continuing education covers legal, economic, financial, accounting, social and ethical issues. It is directly linked to the professional activity carried out.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: European patents

Article R614-18

The publication of each of the translations and revised translations referred to in Articles R. 614-11 and R. 614-12 shall give rise to the payment of a fee payable when the translation is submitted.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation and operation

Article R2333-120-28 ter

Each year, before 1 February, the chairman of the commission shall submit an activity report to the Minister of Justice. The Chairman of the Commission shall attach to this report any useful observati…

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