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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment.

Article R4311-36-2

The regional directorate for youth, sport and social cohesion provides the committee's secretariat.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter V: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia

Article A425-1

I.-The New Caledonia Regional Sports Conference is made up of four colleges: 1° The college of State representatives comprises : a) The High Commissioner of the Republic in New Caledonia, territorial…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Staff.

Article R2324-43-2

…children taking part in the outing makes it possible to: 1° Comply with the requirements of article R. 2324-43-1; 2° Guarantee a ratio of one professional for every five children. For the establishmen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Judicial representatives

Article R812-21-1

…icle L. 812-2, may be assisted, in addition to the persons listed in the third paragraph of Article R. 811-42, one or more bailiffs or auctioneers, as the case may be; 3° The costs incurred by the ass…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R5315-2

…Chapter II of Title II of Act no. 83-675 of 26 July 1983 on the democratisation of the public sector.The members mentioned in 1° may be represented.The term of office for members of the Board of Dire…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: The single body responsible for business formalities

Article R123-30-2

Cross-border service providers send the single body mentioned in Article R. 123-1, depending on their situation:1° Registration declarations intended for the tax services and social security bodies;2°…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Obligations of taxpayers

Article 1649 AE

I.-1° The intermediary referred to in Article 1649 AD is any person who designs, markets or organises a cross-border device that must be declared, makes it available for the purposes of its implementa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L511-89

Within credit institutions and finance companies of significant importance in terms of their size and internal organisation as well as the nature, scale and complexity of their activities, the board o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Judicial police files

Article R40-26

The following categories of personal data and information may be recorded in this processing operation:1° Concerning defendants:a) Natural persons:- identity (surname, married name, official alias, fo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Preliminary provisions.

Article R210-21

…y the French Accreditation Committee defined by the décret n° 2008-1401 du 19 décembre 2008 relatif à l'accréditation et à l'évaluation de conformité pris en application de l'article 137 of law no. 20…

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