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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: High-level sport

Article L221-9

Article L. 331-6 of the Education Code sets out the rules governing the preparation of pupils in secondary education establishments with a view to practising sporting excellence, reaching the highest…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: People's savings plan

Article L221-21

Establishments managing people's savings plans which are unable to produce the supporting documents provided for in the contract within three months of a request from the relevant departments or super…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Suspension, withdrawal from the lists and prohibition on inclusion on the lists

Article R221-15-2

…and by reasoned decision, issue a provisional suspension from one of the lists appearing in article L. 221-2. The athlete is given the opportunity, by any means, to comment on this measure, the durati…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: High-level sport

Article L221-2

…es. It adopts, under the same conditions, the federal performance projects defined in 3° of article L. 131-15. A Conseil d'Etat decree sets out the conditions for application of this article.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Issuing work permits

Article R5221-22

Foreign nationals entrusted to the child welfare service referred to inarticle L. 221-1 of the Code de l'action sociale et des familles on the date on which a decision is taken on their application fo…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: High-level sport

Article L221-8

The administrative authority may, after consulting the works council or, failing that, the staff representatives, enter into an agreement with a public or private company designed to facilitate the em…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6a: Equity savings plan for financing small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-cap companies

Article L221-32-2

…are used for one or more of the following purposes:a) Shares, excluding those mentioned in article L. 228-11 of the French Commercial Code, or company investment certificates and cooperative investme…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6a: The equity savings plan for financing small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-cap companies

Article D221-113-5

…tal of the company issuing the securities registered in the plan, referred to in a) of 2 of Article L. 221-32-2, are assessed under the conditions defined in Articles 1, 3, 5 and 6 of Annex I to Commi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Share savings plan

Article L221-32

…thdrawals or redemptions are the result of redundancy, disability as defined in 2° or 3° of article L. 341-4 of the Social Security Code or the early retirement of the plan holder or his/her spouse or…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: Qualified persons.

Article R221-2-1

The administrative penalties that may be imposed on holders of the professional guide-lecturer card, in the event of failure to comply with their professional obligations, are as follows:1° A warning…

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