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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R222-10

…ons: 1° who, unless exempted by the application of the provisions of articles R. 222-18, R. 222-19, last paragraph, or R. 222-27, have passed the examination mentioned in article R. 222-14 and have at…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Special provisions for ships.

Article 190

…leasure craft and sports vessels, sailing at sea or on waterways flowing into the sea as far as the last customs office located upstream in the coastal department are exempt from customs duties, as ar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Penalties for irregularities.

Article L1235-11

…judge will award the employee compensation payable by the employer, which may not be less than the last six months' salary.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Special provisions applicable to other tourist offices.

Article R133-19-1

Notwithstanding the last paragraph of article R. 133-19, when the Tourist Office is set up in the form of a local public company whose articles of association require each director of the company to r…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Approval of organised adapted holidays.

Article R412-8

…in the meaning of I of article L. 412-2, holiday activities with accommodation in France or abroad, lasting more than five days and intended exclusively for groups made up of more than three disabled…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article L228-28

…e whole against the successive holders of the share. The final burden of the debt shall fall on the last of them. Two years after the transfer from one securities account to another, any subscriber or…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter V: Life mortgage and transfer advance loan

Article L315-20

On the death of the borrower or the last living of the co-borrowers, the heirs may pay the debt capped at the value of the property estimated on the day the estate is opened. This valuation is carried…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: PENALTIES

Article L452-1

…nate to the benefits derived from the offence, to 10% of average annual turnover, calculated on the last three annual turnover figures known on the date of the offence.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 238 undecies

…he taxpayer before the expiry of this period, taxation is established in respect of the year of the last sale of the buildings or fractions of buildings or of the death. In either case, the capital ga…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2 : Special rules on the form of certain wills.

Article 983

…y the witnesses and by the instrumental officers, is drawn up to take the place of the second original. It shall mention the causes which prevented the second original from being drawn up. As soon as…

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