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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Exemptions of more than two years

Article 1383 E bis

In the rural revitalization zones mentioned in article 1465 A, municipalities and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax authority may, by means of a general decision…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Trusteeship charges

Article 395

Not entitled to exercise the various offices of guardianship: 1° Unemancipated minors, unless they are the father or mother of the minor under guardianship; 2° Adults who benefit from a legal protecti…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Trusteeship charges

Article 397

The family council rules on impediments, withdrawals and replacements that concern the tutor and subrogated tutor. The guardianship judge rules on those that concern the other members of the family co…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Trusteeship charges

Article 396

Any tutelary office may be withdrawn because of the unfitness, negligence, misconduct or fraud of the person to whom it has been entrusted. The same applies where a dispute or conflict of interests pr…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Trusteeship charges

Article 394

Guardianship, the protection owed to children, is a public charge. It is a duty of families and the public community.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue and withdrawal of authorisation

Article R131-9

…to the Articles of Association or disciplinary regulations which are incompatible with legislative and regulatory provisions; 2° For a serious reason relating either to a breach by the federation of…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue and withdrawal of authorisation

Article R131-5

…on for approval must be accompanied by:1° A copy of the articles of association, the internal rules and the disciplinary rules, as well as a copy of the receipt for the declaration provided for inarti…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue and withdrawal of authorisation

Article R131-7

…ion by which the Minister responsible for sport refuses to grant or renew approval is substantiated and notified to the federation.If the Minister for Sport remains silent for more than four months on…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue and withdrawal of authorisation

Article R131-4

…mission set up, under the conditions laid down in article L. 131-19, by the French National Olympic and Sports Committee; 2° Federations created by the transformation of a national commission organise…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue and withdrawal of authorisation

Article R131-6

The decree of the Minister for Sport granting or renewing approval is published in the Journal officiel de la République française.

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