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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Nature of the continuous assessment of knowledge leading to the brevet d'Etat d'éducateur sportif à trois degrés (three-degree state diploma for sports instructors) during training under the responsibility of the Minister for Sport

Article A212-135

…certificate in sports education (brevet d'Etat d'éducateur sportif du premier degré) in the sports option concerned, or a qualification or diploma recognised as equivalent for first-degree courses. H…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Consumer credit

Article R312-14

The lease with purchase option contract shall be written in type no smaller than size eight. It clearly and legibly includes the contractual information provided for in article L. 312-28 annexed to th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article R225-137

…e provisions of 3° of article L. 228-99 in order to protect the interests of beneficiaries of stock options, article R. 228-91 is applicable, subject to the provisions of this sub-section.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R151-1

…ique, Reunion Island, Mayotte and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, subject to the following adaptations:1° References to the external borders of the States party to the convention signed in Schengen on 19 Ju…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article D3411-2

For the application of Chapter V of Title IV of Book III of this Part, references to the Departmental Directors of the Economy, Employment, Labour and Solidarity are replaced : a) By the reference to…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single section Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article R612-5

…of the provisions of Books III and V, insofar as they relate to property conservation measures :1° References to Decree No. 55-22 of 4 January 1955 reforming land registration and to Decree No. 55-13…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article R910-7

I. - The reference to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: Provisions specific to Saint-Barthélemy.

Article R961-1

I.-The reference to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the f…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Surrender procedures resulting from agreements concluded by the European Union with other States.

Article 695-52

In the absence of any stipulation to the contrary in the agreement concerned, this Chapter shall apply to requests for surrender between France and a State which is not a member of the European Union…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Provisions specific to the Department of Mayotte

Article R407

Article R. 120-1 is worded as follows: "Art. R. 120-1.-Each expert shall be allocated, for a complete mechanical assessment of one or more motor vehicles, following a traffic accident, excluding simpl…

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