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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-18 b (art. A322-91)

Conditions for teaching trimix or heliox diving in the natural environmentSPACESMINIMUM DIVER SKILLSSKILLSminimum of the person supervisingthe groupMAXIMUM NUMBER OF DIVERS (not including the person s…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-20 A (art. A322-101)

…+ confirmed nitrox qualification during mix training. E 3 + trimix qualification 4 Above 40 metres and up to 60 metres (*). Level P 3 or P 4 + confirmed nitrox qualification during mix training. E 4…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-15 b (art. A322-74)

…alifications of the person supervising the groupFUNCTIONSCERTIFICATIONS ISSUEDby FFESSM, FSGT, UCPA,ANMP and SNMPCERTIFICATIONS ISSUEDby CMASSTATE DIPLOMASExploratory air divesPerson supervising a gro…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-18 c (art. A322-91)

…PTH-703Space from 0 to 80 metresPE-60 + PTH-1204E4 + PTH-120PA-60 + PTH-1203Space beyond 80 metres and up to 120 metresPA-60 + PTH-1203

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Acts of municipal authorities and litigation

Article L2573-12

I. - The provisions of Chapter I of Title III of Book I of Part Two mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia in the wording indicated in the right-hand colu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Conditions for issuing, suspending or revoking approval for bodies providing training for local elected representatives (R)

Article R1221-12

In application of article L. 1221-3, any public or private body, of any nature whatsoever, wishing to provide training for local elected representatives provided for in articles L. 2123-12, L. 3123-10…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors.

Article D6431-12

…minimum number of Board meetings is set by the school's internal regulations. It may not be less than four meetings per year. The Board of Directors is convened by its Chairman. The procedures for co…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Calculation of sums entered in the automatic online broadcast account

Article 612-12

…ork refers to the amount, excluding value added tax, of the sums received by the publisher of on-demand audiovisual media services for dematerialised access, in France, to each work concerned, excludi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of cinemas

Article R212-12

…L. 212-14 may be granted by the Chairman of the Centre natio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Economic interest groupings under French law.

Article L251-12

Management control, which must be entrusted to natural persons, and auditing of the accounts shall be carried out under the conditions laid down in the grouping's constitutive contract. However, when…

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