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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L322-4

Any person shall be liable to one year's imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros for any of the following offences: 1° (repealed)2° Maintaining in operation an establishment where one or more physical…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Sports events on public roads or roads open to public traffic not involving the use of motor vehicles.

Article A331-25

The minimum amount of insurance cover provided for in article R. 331-14 is set :-6,100,000 per claim for compensation for personal injury;-for compensation for damage to property: 15,000 euros per cla…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Invoicing and payment terms

Article R441-7

The economic sectors defined in III of Article L. 441-15 are: 1° The motor industry sector listed under division 29 of section C of the French activity nomenclature; >The construction sector listed un…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue and withdrawal of delegations

Article R131-28-1

The following documents are appended to the delegation contract: 1° The contract of republican commitment mentioned in article L. 131-8 ; 2° A presentation of the national strategy to promote the prin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Decision

Article R4234-30

The decisions of the disciplinary chamber imposing a temporary or permanent ban on practising pharmacy or the orders of its chairman shall specify the period of enforcement or the date on which the pe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Election of members of territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article L713-3

…or one of the prohibition or disqualification measures as provided for in Book VI of this Code, the n° 85-98 of 25 January 1985 relating to the receivership and liquidation of companies or the n° 67-5…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: School transport (R).

Article R1614-67

…rvice was organised, under the conditions provided for in the second paragraph of Article 30 of law n° 83-663 of 22 July 1983 supplementing law n° 83-8 of 7 January 1983 relating to the distribution o…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article D211-59-1

The Policy Councils are informed, in particular, of issues relating to the activity of the site and of the draft resolutions of the Board of Directors relating to the issues mentioned in 1°, 2°, 4°, 5…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Compensation procedures.

Article L211-14

If the judge setting the compensation considers that the offer made by the insurer was manifestly inadequate, he shall automatically order the insurer to pay into the guarantee fund provided for in ar…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter 2: Provisions relating to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

Article L442-1

The references to the Code Général des Collectivités Territoriales in Articles L. 422-3 to L. 422-8 and L. 422-11 to L. 422-15 are replaced, where applicable, by the provisions of the Code des Commune…

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