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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-31

Directors elected by employees or appointed pursuant to Article L. 225-27-1 shall not lose the benefit of their employment contract. Their remuneration as employees may not be reduced as a result of e…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Special provisions for distance contracts for financial services

Article R242-4

A repeat offence of the offences punishable under articles R. 242-1 to R. 242-3 is punishable in accordance with the provisions of articles 132-11 and 132-15 of the Penal Code.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-11 (art. A322-36)

APPENDIX RELATING TO THE SAFETY OF DIVING INSTALLATIONSA. - Springboard diving1. The boards are at least 4.80 m long and 0.50 m wide. They are provided with a non-slip surface.2. The springboards are…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Water and sanitation

Article R4424-32-3

When the technical assistance mission defined by article L. 3232-1-1 is provided by the Corsican local authority or one of its public establishments, the agreement provided for in article R. 3232-1-1…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article Annexe à l'article A121-1

Art. 1At each annual due date of the contract, the premium payable by the insured is determined by multiplying the amount of the reference premium, as defined in Article 2, by a coefficient known as t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Deeds concerning the transfer of assets by succession or gift

Article A444-66

Notarisation (numbers 13 to 15 of table 5) gives rise to the collection of:1° A fixed fee of €56.60, in the case of notarisation after death, recording the devolution of the estate;2° A proportional f…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: The preliminary conciliation attempt

Article 820

…a preliminary attempt at conciliation outside the cases in which the first paragraph of Article 750-1 applies. The request for a preliminary attempt at conciliation is made by application made, delive…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 611-25

Selective financial aid is awarded in consideration of:1° The cultural interest, editorial quality and technical quality of the publishing project;2° The consistency and relevance of the editorial lin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tests to verify knowledge

Article D4221-7

The tests to verify the knowledge referred to in article L. 4221-12, which are written and anonymous, comprise, for pharmacy and, where appropriate, for medical biology : 1° A test of fundamental know…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Multiannual contract of objectives and resources

Article R5213-64

I.-The multiannual contract of objectives and resources referred to in Article L. 5213-13-1 includes: 1° A presentation of the structure's economic and social project aimed at promoting access to empl…

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