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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Credits

Article D753-13

…30 and D. 313-31no. 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005II. - For the application of I, in article D. 313-26, references to the provisions mentioned in 1° to 9°, 11° to 16° and 18° are replaced by locally appli…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Credits

Article D752-12

…30 and D. 313-31no. 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005II. - For the application of I, in article D. 313-26, references to the provisions mentioned in 1° to 9°, 11° to 16° and 18° are replaced by locally appli…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Credits

Article D754-11

…30 and D. 313-31no. 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005II. - For the application of I, in article D. 313-26, references to the provisions mentioned in 1° to 9°, 11° to 16° and 18° are replaced by locally appli…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Conditions of practice

Article R743-147

…nt excluding tax and value added tax. This account must indicate for each fee-based transaction the reference to the number shown in the corresponding annexed table.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Report card and workbook

Article R7421-1

…name and address of the establishment or the name, first names and address of the employer; 2° The references of the organisations to which the employer pays social security contributions and the reg…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VII: Commercial jurisdictions and the organisation of commerce.

Article Annexe IV

…onsideration, as part of a takeaway sale, goods with a value not exceeding €80. Date: Signature (1) Optional data. (2) Delete as appropriate. (3) These characteristics are defined in Article A. 762-1.…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraphe 1 : Du divorce par consentement mutuel par acte sous signature privée contresigné par avocats, déposé au rang des minutes d'un notaire

Article 229-3

…r the conditions provided for in Article 388-1 and that he or she does not wish to make use of this option.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Effects of full adoption

Article 357

Plenary adoption confers on the child the name of the adopter.In the event of the adoption of a child by a couple, or the adopters choose, by joint declaration, the surname devolving on the child: eit…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 8: Nature of the tests leading to the award of the first and second level state diploma for sports instructors and reserved for candidates who are or have been high-level sportsmen and sportswomen.

Article A212-151

…by a public educational establishment under the responsibility of the Minister for Sport.The sports option of the brevet d'Etat d'éducateur sportif must correspond to the discipline in which the candi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to materials and equipment

Article A322-47

…upervised activities on calm water or at sea, the supervisor may make the wearing of this equipment optional when conditions allow. Whatever the circumstances, with the exception of boats that do not…

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