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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Federal performance projects

Article R221-21

…h mainly takes in athletes registered on the list of "Espoirs" athletes provided for in article R. 221-11 and enables them to benefit from the training and preparation provided for in 1° to 3° of arti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 217 septdecies

…Mutual Code and provident institutions governed by Title III of Book IX of the Social Security Code may allocate a special solvency reserve account up to the amount of taxable income for the financial…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 5: Transportation of the body after committal (R).

Article R2213-21

After the coffin has been closed, the body of a deceased person may not be transported to a commune other than that in which this operation took place, without a prior declaration made, by any means i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Relations between the High Council and its foreign counterparts

Article R821-21

…ister of Justice, and to the Government Commissioner. The Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, may lodge an appeal against this deliberation with the Council of State within one month of its noti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Freedom to provide services

Article R4341-16

The provisions of articles R. 4331-12 to R. 4331-15 are applicable to the provision of services by speech and language therapists whose declaration is required under article L. 4341-7.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section XI: Special provisions applicable to property damage caused by mining.

Article L421-17

I.-Any person who owns a property that has suffered damage since 1st September 1998 as a result of current or past mining activity while it was occupied as their main residence shall be compensated fo…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2a: Farm-saved seed

Article L623-24-5

…re by farmers to comply with the conditions for application of the derogation defined in article L. 623-24-1 shall cause them to lose the benefit of the provisions of this section.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: General rules governing general-purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-28

…the general-purpose investment fund is open to non-professional investors, III and IV of article L. 214-24-10 do not apply.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Liability in the event of an incorrectly executed payment transaction

Article L133-21

…shall, at the payer's request, make available to the payer any information in its possession which may document the payer's legal action to recover the funds.If the deposit account agreement or the p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The judgment adopting the plan and the implementation of the plan.

Article L626-21

…from the final admission of these claims to the liabilities. However, the court hearing the dispute may decide that the creditor will participate on a provisional basis, in whole or in part, in the di…

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