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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article A53-1

The authorities competent to obtain a bulletin no. 2 of the criminal record pursuant to 6° of Article 776 are as follows: The Director General of Social Cohesion of the Ministry in charge of Social Af…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1466 A

…capital companies, venture capital mutual funds, specialised professional funds covered by article L. 214-37 of the Monetary and Financial Code as it read prior to Ordinance No. 2013-676 of 25 July 2…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-3-8

…has been duly notified by the French Anti-Doping Agency of the information provided for in article L. 232-21-1 or by any other organisation that is a signatory to the World Anti-Doping Code of a pres…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-18

…tes to the financial statements. 13. If this is the case, and pursuant to the provisions of article R. 823-7 of the French Commercial Code, the statutory auditor shall specify in his report the signif…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe B

…nted; - the total sums due to the agent, after application, where applicable, of the 20% deduction (art. 10, 12 and 13-2nd paragraph of decree no. 2001-654 of 19 July 2001). Flat-rate allowance for tr…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Registration conditions and formalities

Article A212-109

Candidates for the common part and the specific part of the brevet d'Etat d'éducateur sportif à trois degrés must satisfy the conditions laid down in article D. 212-74 and provide an application file…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title IV: Group insurance

Article A143-4

The notice referred to in the first paragraph of article L. 143-2-2 contains the following information 1° The name, country of origin and name of the authority responsible for supervising the suppleme…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Candidate registration requirements

Article A212-36

To enrol in a course, the candidate's application must be submitted to the training organisation, which will check it for compliance, one month before the date set for the candidate to start the cours…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Book II: Compulsory insurance

Article A243-3

…ntract taken out by an individual taxable person, the insurance certificate provided for in Article L. 243-2 must bear the words "Attestation d'assurance" (Insurance certificate) and the words "Assura…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A132-7

I. - For the purposes of the seventh paragraph of article L. 132-22, the following information is provided to the policyholder:- the interest rate guaranteed by the contract and the interest rate corr…

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