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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medical certificate and health questionnaire

Article D231-1-2

The renewal of a licence is understood to mean the issue of a new licence, without a break in time with the previous one, within the same federation.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R6153-2-1

On-the-job training and the half-day of off-the-job training mentioned in 1° of III of article R. 6153-2 may not exceed forty-eight hours per seven-day period, calculated as an average over the quarte…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Provisions specific to specialised finance companies

Article L214-190-2-1

…s, the Management Board or the company's senior managers, when exceptional circumstances so require and if the interests of investors or the public so dictate, in accordance with the conditions laid d…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custodian

Article L214-10-2

…f interest between the UCITS, the unit-holders or shareholders of the UCITS, the management company and the depositary itself, unless the depositary has functionally and hierarchically separated the p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custodian

Article L214-11-2

…L. 214-11 may not be excluded or limited contractually. Any agreement to the contrary shall be null and void.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operating conditions

Article R5124-28-1

In pharmaceutical establishments created within public establishments and non-profit organisations in application of article L. 5124-9-1, the legal representative of the legal entity concerned appoint…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article R3142-23-1

For public undertakings not covered by article L. 2233-1, orders issued by the ministers concerned specify the bodies called upon to give their opinion under the conditions set out in article R. 3142-…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Requirements for experience or work placements in addition to the master's degree referred to in article L. 811-5

Article R811-28-1

…of the commercial speciality on the list mentioned in Article L. 811-2 to the national registration and disciplinary commission:1° Persons holding the master's degree mentioned in 5° of article L. 811…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Procedure for marketing AIFs in an EU Member State other than France

Article L214-24-2

…AIFs or feeder AIFs within the meaning of IV of Article L. 214-24 established in the European Union and which do not meet the requirements mentioned in the previous paragraph.III. - The AMF shall imme…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 212-13

…e same project may not simultaneously be the subject of a direct grant awarded under article 212-11 and one or more direct grants awarded under article…

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