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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title IV: Building insurance

Article Annexe III art A243-1

STANDARD CLAUSES APPLICABLE TO COLLECTIVE TEN-YEAR LIABILITY CONTRACTS TAKEN OUT ON BEHALF OF SEVERAL PERSONS SUBJECT TO THE INSURANCE OBLIGATION REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES L. 241-1 AND L. 241-2, IN ADDI…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Recovery of undue benefits.

Article L5426-8-2

For the repayment of allowances, grants and any other benefits unduly paid by Pôle emploi on its own behalf, on behalf of the body responsible for managing the unemployment insurance scheme referred t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Recovery of undue benefits.

Article L5426-8-3

Pôle emploi is authorised to defer or abandon the recovery of allowances, grants and any other benefits unduly paid on its own behalf, on behalf of the State or on behalf of the employers mentioned in…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-1 (art. A212-1)

(Article A. 212-1 of the French Sports Code)TITLE OF PHYSICAL OR SPORTING ACTIVITY LEVEL OFQUALIFICATION CONDITIONS OF PRACTICE LIMITS OF THE CONDITIONS OF EXERCISE MULTI PHYSICAL OR SPORTS ACTIVITIES…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Compensation for victims of benfluorex

Article L1142-24-8

Compensation awarded under this section may not be combined with that awarded, where applicable, under Articles L. 1142-14, L. 1142-15, L. 1142-17, L. 1142-20 and L. 1142-21, nor with compensation of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Commission du contentieux du stationnement payant (Pay parking disputes commission)

Article L2333-87-7

Complaints may not be lodged with the Commission du contentieux du stationnement payant on the grounds of : 1° The illegality on formal or procedural grounds of the deliberation instituting, on the ba…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS

Article L214-8-9

The management company is required to make the declarations stipulated in articles L. 225-126 and L. 233-7 of the French Commercial Code, for all shares held by the mutual funds it manages. The provis…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-19 (art. A222-14)

STANDARD APPLICATIONS FOR HOMOLOGATIONIncomplete applications will not be examined.Document 1: the decision of the federation's competent governing body (article R. 222-9 of the French Sports Code).Do…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-10 (art. A212-167)

EQUIVALENCES 1. The State Sports Teaching Certificates mentioned in column 1 of the table below are automatically accepted as equivalent to the State Sports Teaching Certificates mentioned in articles…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-11 (art. A212-167)

EXEMPTIONSHolders of the third year certificate (P2 b), provided for in article 1 of the decree of 30 April 1968, are exempt from the tests for the common part of the examination for the first level S…

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