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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Budgetary control

Article A211-63

If it appears to the Budget Controller that the management of ENSM calls into question the sustainability of budgetary implementation in the light of the budgetary authorisation, the coverage of its c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R811-61

…trator invested with a mandate as a member of the national registration and disciplinary commission may not participate in deliberations or votes on disciplinary matters concerning the titular judicia…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R811-62

…ect to the suspensive condition of the employee's registration on the list mentioned in Article L. 811-2 as a court-appointed administrator and his swearing in. The condition is deemed to have been fu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R811-63

…firm has a period of one year to comply with the provisions of the second paragraph of Article L. 811-7-1.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R811-60

The salaried court-appointed administrator may only carry out his duties within a single law firm.The owner of the law firm is civilly liable for the professional activity carried out on his behalf by…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Public Health Agency

Article L1413-6

…alth network in order to assist the Agency in the performance of its duties mentioned in 1°, 2° and 6° of Article L. 1413-1, the natural or legal persons concerned who are required to transmit informa…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 5: Disciplinary system

Article R422-61

…s members and his or her alternate is disqualified on one of the grounds provided for in article L. 111-6 of the Code of Judicial Organisation, the Disciplinary Board may only sit and deliberate if al…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2 : Commission nationale d'aménagement cinématographique (National Cinematographic Development Commission)

Article L212-6-7

…agement cinématographique must comply with the obligations to file the declarations provided for in 6° of I ofarticle 11 of law no. 2013-907 of 11 October 2013 on the transparency of public life. Thei…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: New tourist units.

Article L342-6

The rules governing new tourist units are set out in Articles L. 122-15 to L. 122-25 of the French Town Planning Code.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Practice of the profession by the company.

Article R822-60

The insurance obligation provided for in article R. 822-36 is applicable to sociétés de commissaires aux comptes, without prejudice to the obligation of partners or shareholders to take out insurance…

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