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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Inclusion on the list of top-level athletes

Article R221-2

No one may be registered on the list of top-level sportsmen and women : 1° If he/she has not been the subject of a proposal to this effect by a delegated sports federation ; 2° If he/she does not comp…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter 3: Provisions relating to Mayotte.

Article L163-5

If the agency provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 163-2 is not created : 1° The General Council sets the status, organisational principles and composition of the Mayotte Tourism Committe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IX: The European Company

Article L229-13

The articles of association of a European company which does not intend to offer its shares to the public, or which intends to make one of the offers referred to in 1° and 2° of Article L. 411-2 of th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Exercise of the reduction

Article 922

…ets was, by reason of their nature, unavoidable on the day of their acquisition, the subrogation is not taken into account. A calculation is made of all these assets, having regard to the status of th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Citations and meanings

Article 551

…nishes it.It indicates the court seised, the place, time and date of the hearing, and specifies the status of the person summoned as an accused person, as a civilly liable person, or as a witness.If i…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Presentation of the diploma

Article A212-106

…pre-qualification certificate within the meaning of article R. 212-75. It attests to the trainee's status as a sports educator and his or her ability to supervise the activities covered by the option…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Permanent exemptions

Article 1382 C

Municipalities and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status may, by deliberation taken under the conditions provided for in l'article 1639 A bis, exempt from pro…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Composition.

Article L5211-44

…umber of municipalities and public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status in the department and their demographic importance, the demographic criteria used to constitu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Checking and registering applications.

Article R123-95

…appendix and are compatible, in the case of an application for amendment or cancellation, with the status of the file. He also verifies that the incorporation or amendments to the articles of associa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Bodies

Article L5842-21

…ced by the words: "of Article 126 of Organic Law no. 2004-192 of 27 February 2004 on the autonomous status of French Polynesia".

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